antiques & fine art sale

A large 19th century cast iron fire basket, raised on cabriole type front legs. Height 85 cm, width across basket 55 cm, maximum depth +/- 57 cm.

Sold for £160

A carnival model organ and drum automaton, fitted with electric light bulbs and painted in bright enamel colours, with tin roof. Height 102 cm, width 107 cm, depth 50 cm.

Sold for £380

A pair of deer foot candlesticks, with metal sconces. Height 32 cm.

Sold for £50

A pair of 19th century glass lustres with faceted drops. Height 23.5 cm (as found).

Sold for £20

Alfred Wainwright "Three Westmorland Rivers", first edition (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Alfred Wainwright " A Ribble Sketchbook", first edition.

Sold for £54

Alfred Wainwright, a signed with initials letter to Brian L Kershaw and in response to Mr Kershaw's letter of 11th March 1976 to Wainwright. The letters discuss computers and Wainwright's preference for the Lake District and Fells rather than the office, traffic and smog.

Sold for £240

Alfred Wainwright, two copy letters on animal rescue notelets.

Sold for £20

Alfred Wainwright, a signed letter in response to a letter from Brian L Kershaw, letters discuss computers "machines are monsters and they produce little horrors" Wainwright in Fell Wanderer. Mr Kershaw suggest that computers "can be persuaded to do something worth doing once in a while".

Sold for £400

Alfred Wainwright "Welsh Mountain Drawings" first edition.

Sold for £120

Alfred Wainwright, "Kendal in the 19th Century", first edition.

Sold for £40

Alfred Wainwright "Pennine Way Companion", first edition.

Sold for £50

Alfred Wainwright "A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells", first edition.

Sold for £55

Alfred Wainwright, "A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook", first edition.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Alfred Wainwright, " A Third Lakeland Sketchbook".

Estimated: £50 - £80

Alfred Wainwright, "A Lakeland sketchbook", first edition.

Sold for £55

Alfred Wainwright, "Walks in Limestone Country", first edition.

Sold for £40

Alfred Wainwright, "Walks on The Howgill Fells", first edition.

Sold for £90

Alfred Wainwright, "A Pennine Journey", the story of a long walk in 1938, first and only edition.

Sold for £40

Alfred Wainwright, "Ex Fell Wanderer", first edition.

Sold for £54

Alfred Wainwright, "A Second Dales Sketchbook".

Estimated: £60 - £80

Alfred Wainwright, "A Dales Sketchbook", first edition.

Estimated: £60 - £80

Alfred Wainwright, "A Dales Sketchbook", first edition.

Estimated: £60 - £80

Alfred Wainwright, "A Bowland Sketchbook", first edition.

Sold for £60

Alfred Wainwright, "A Furness Sketchbook", first edition.

Sold for £54

Titanic interest trade card for Bournville Cocoa and Cadbury's chocolates, "Olympic and Titanic". 7 cm x 3.5 cm.

Sold for £60

Titanic interest trade card for Bournville Cocoa and Cadbury's chocolates, "Olympic and Titanic". 7 cm x 3.5 cm.

Sold for £60

Titanic interest trade card for Bournville Cocoa and Cadbury's chocolates, "Olympic and Titanic". 7 cm x 3.5 cm.

Sold for £60

A collection of mid 19th century designs for Berlin woolwork, gouache on paper. Four by Louis Gluer, five by Hertz & Wegener, one by Carl F W Wicht, one by Grunthals. Smallest 17 cm x 20 cm, largest 52 cm x 33 cm. With two other printed designs, generally soiled and creased with margin tears. One with large tear to image.

Sold for £90

A 19th century photograph album, large leather bound album containing Lakeland and other scenes. 31.5 cm x 41 cm.

Sold for £80

A large photograph album containing photographs of cathedrals and castles etc. 38 cm x 28.5 cm.

Sold for £20

A photograph album "photographs 1896 C F Gare", including Clovelly Lynton, Lynmouth etc. 32.5 cm x 28 cm.

Sold for £140

Irish interest photograph album, late 19th and early 20th century, for families of Graham Dysart and Galwey. 29 cm x 23 cm.

Sold for £100

A photograph album, personal photographs of Toronto, Quebec, Nassau etc, circa 1940.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Three 19th century scrap albums. Largest 43 cm x 30 cm.

Sold for £110

A collection of five maps, coloured field map, plan of Mr John Blamire's Estate at Hill House Dash Nook. Surveyed and drawn April 1796 by I Norman, a map laying out of ground for proposed villas at Knowefield 29/1/76 (near Carlisle). Field map Priest Hill (Earl of Lonsdale). Map plan of Morton Estate surveyed 1822 for John Foster. Ordnance Survey map Boustead Hill 1880 coloured. (5)

Sold for £45

A collection of maritime maps.

Sold for £60

Thirlmere interest. Book and two maps. Harwood Sir John James, History in description of the Thirlmere Water Scheme parts 1 & 2 with an appendix. One diagram and three folding maps in colour and nine photographic plates. Published Manchester Henry Blacklock & Co 1893. Original paper covers detached and worn. Together with a large lithographed map of Parish of Crosthwaite, showing Thirlmere lake and large sheet with transverse and longitudinal sections of Thirlmere lake (both soiled).

Sold for £35

A large collection of cigarette and trade cards, some in albums, including Ogden's, Wills, Players, Lambert and Butler etc, Bateman series of fourteen "Your Car Runs Best on Shell Spirit and Shell Motor Oils".

Sold for £280

A collection of over 190 theatre programmes (eight files), circa 1924-1959. Principally London theatres etc but some from other UK towns.

Sold for £120

A collection of large, mainly early 20th century, maps of Penrith and area, some coloured and including several W Atkinson 1936, town development, town growth, drift geology etc.

Sold for £45

A collection of black and white photographs including eleven by Angus McBean, circa 1950, actors etc, some signed, many of Rosamund John. 25 cm x 19 cm and smaller.

Sold for £20

A collection of sixty one signed postcards of musical performers, early 20th century.

Sold for £110

A collection of auction sale particulars of local estates, comprising: Spring Bank Braithwaite Nr Keswick Cumberland 1926, comprising four pages of particulars and photograph of the property (three copies). Cottage, agricultural building and accommodation properties situated at Braithwaite and Keswick. 1926, eight pages of sale particulars (annotated, two copies). Woodend Estate Thornthwaite Nr Keswick 1919. Moss Garth Portinscale Nr Keswick 1908. Lingey Acre Portinscale 1929 (two copies). Moss Garth Portinscale Nr Keswick 1908. Bassenfell Bassenthwaite Lake 1924. The Barrowhouse Estate on the banks of Lake Derwentwater 1905. Lairthwaite Keswick Cumberland 1918. Greta Hall Estate including Banks & Co's Pencil Works and other business properties 1907. Keswick Cumberland Temperance Hotel dramatic and picture pavilion 1914. Ormanthwaite Hall and Farm 1921. Dale Bottom St Johns in the Vale 1927. The Riddings and High Row Estate Threlkeld 1907 (two copies). Ravenoaks and Lake View Farm Ullswater 1921. Bank House Howtown Ullswater Nr Penrith 1926. Bower Bank Pooley Bridge Ullswater 1928. Prince of Wales Lake Hotel Grasmere Westmorland 1917. Lane Head House Coniston 1919 (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A pair of brass and glass table lamps, with square bases each raised on four short feet. Height to top of light fitting 75 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Three antiquarian maps, Westmorland by J Cary 1805, Westmorland by Pigot & Co and Cumberland by Pigot & Co. Largest 42 cm x 52 cm.

Sold for £50

A white painted rectangular wall mirror of 18th century continental design, with bevelled plate. 98 cm high, 59 cm wide.

Sold for £120

Mitchell's Gold Medal Tam O'Shanter tobacco advertising mirror, marked Property of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland Ltd, The Stephen Mitchell & Son Branch Glasgow, also marked Forrest & Son Glasgow, housed in an oak frame. Height 109 cm, width 84 cm.

Sold for £700

An early 19th century brass mounted and steel wirework bow fronted fender, the frieze modelled with swags. 47 cm high, 79 cm wide, 31 cm deep.

Sold for £150

An early 19th century brass mounted and steel wirework bow front fender. 62 cm high, 53 cm wide, 26 cm deep.

Sold for £130

A George V silver collared and plaited leather riding crop, the collar by Swaine & Adeney Ltd and hallmarked for London 1920. 63 cm long.

Sold for £30

A Nigerian brown patinated pottery wine vessel, modelled with mans head and globular body. 20 cm high.

Sold for £170

Debut (late 19th century French), brown patinated bronze figure, "Joueur de Vielle", portrait of a Hurdy Gurdy player. 36 cm high.

Sold for £80

A pair of brown patinated bronze figures of Cupid, holding floral garlands aloft on grained white marble socles. 22 cm high, each engraved Louis Bataux, Paris.

Estimated: £120 - £150

A Victorian brass table oil lamp, with brown striped yellow glass reservoir, knopped stem on black ceramic base, with etched spherical glass shade for same. 58 cm high.

Sold for £40

A Victorian brass table oil lamp, of aesthetic design with bulbous reservoir on scrolled rail support and inswept platform base, with yellow glass shade for same. 51 cm high.

Sold for £30

A Victorian brass "Dargue Patent" table oil lamp No. 26634/11, with etched glass shade for same. 46 cm high.

Sold for £20

A Victorian brass table oil lamp, the reservoir with classical scene of urns and swags, on plain cylindrical stem and circular base (reservoir and stem possibly associated), with etched cranberry glass shade for same. 58 cm high, and one other brass table oil lamp (lacking shade).

Sold for £20

A pair of Victorian copper and brass ships port and starboard lamps, inset respectively with blue and red convex glass. Each 35 cm high.

Sold for £35

A 19th century Keswick School of Industrial Art embossed copper rectangular photograph frame, of Arts and Crafts design, decorated with entwined leaves, with oak easel support. 30 cm high, stamped K.S.I.A. to bottom edge.

Sold for £260

A Medieval oak pew end panel, carved in relief with profile of a figure with curved headdress within arched surround, retaining traces of original polychrome decoration, the panel with patched repair. 48 x 25 cm within later oak slip frame. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith (see illustration).

Sold for £2300

A Medieval oak pew end panel, carved in relief with profile of a figure with wide brimmed hat within rectangular surround, retaining traces of original polychrome decoration, the panel 48 x 24 cm within later oak slip frame. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith (see illustration).

Sold for £3400

A Medieval oak pew end panel, carved in relief with profile of a figure with plaited hair in rectangular surround, retaining traces of original polychrome decoration, the panel 48 x 23 cm in later oak slip frame. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith (see illustration).

Sold for £2400

A Medieval oak pew end panel, carved in relief with a standing king within arched surround, refinished, the panel 46 x 24 cm. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith.

Sold for £2700

A Medieval oak pew end panel, carved in relief with profile of a queen within arched surround, refinished, the panel 46 x 24 cm in later oak slip frame. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith.

Sold for £2600

A pair of Medieval oak pew end panels, St George and the Dragon, both refinished. Each panel 46 x 24 cm in later oak frame. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith.

Sold for £5000

Two Medieval oak pew end panels, Saint and an eagle, both refinished. Each panel 46 x 24 cm in later oak frame. Provenance Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Penrith.

Sold for £5100

A Victorian brass table oil lamp, with moulded white glass reservoir, fluted column and cast iron base, with repaired etched glass shade and chimney for same. 65 cm high.

Sold for £40

A silk embroidered Battle Honours for the Wiltshire Regiment (The Duke of Edinburgh's). 51 cm x 58 cm.

Sold for £40

A Kazak rug, the centre rectangular panel with red ground and with multiple line border with fringed ends. 136 cm x 75 cm excluding fringes.

Sold for £45

A red ground Afghan rug, with centre rectangular panel and multiple line border and with fringed ends. 206 cm x 112 cm.

Sold for £60

A pair of 19th century French embroideries on silk by Amelie, Hilary aged 9. 23.5 cm2 (see illustration).

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Victorian oval framed woolwork panel, three other needleworks and a Chinese embroidery.

Sold for £40

A 19th century sampler, Sarah Tomkinson, church, castle, script, birds. 35.5 cm x 37 cm, in gilt frame.

Sold for £50

A 19th century woolwork tapestry of roses, in rosewood veneered frame. Overall dimensions 38 cm x 38 cm.

Sold for £20

A Serigraph tapestry titled "La Vendauges", after the 16th century original commissioned by Thomas Bohier and Catherine Broconnet, with pine wall mounting strips. 140 cm high, width 276 cm.

Sold for £250

A 19th century sampler dated 1836, alphabet and numbers by S E Court in the 8th year of her age. 19 cm x 14.5 cm in oak frame.

Sold for £120

A 19th century sampler "A Hymn". 38 cm x 26 cm in ebonised frame.

Sold for £45

A 19th century sampler, rectangular form, alphabet, animals, plants. 53 cm x 19 cm.

Sold for £60

A 19th century sampler by Emily Busbridge, alphabet, numbers and birds. 29.5 cm x 19 cm in simulated rosewood frame.

Sold for £60

An Eastern rug, with multiple line border and centre rectangular panel, principal colours blue, beige and red. 194 cm x 130 cm.

Sold for £35

A Bokhara rug, the centre rectangular panel with repeating design and with multiple line border and fringed ends, principal colours beige, blue and red. 198 cm x 124 cm excluding fringes.

Sold for £180

A Bokhara rug, with fringed ends the centre rectangular panel with elephant foot design and with multiple line border, principal colours beige, blue and red. 175 cm x 130 cm.

Sold for £120

A Persian rug, the centre rectangular panel worn and with multiple line border, principal colours blue, dark blue, red, brown and beige. 194 cm x 99 cm.

Sold for £20

An Eastern fringed rug, the centre rectangular panel with repeating designs and with three line border with fringed ends, principle colours red and blue. 192 cm x 184 cm.

Sold for £170

A fringed rug, the centre rectangular panel in red and with two line border in black and beige. 193 cm x 116 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £50

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A large fringed woollen carpet, with blue ground to the centre rectangular panel and with repeating multiple line border. 297 cm x 368 cm excluding fringes.

Sold for £320

A Hamadan rug woven in green, orange, blue and cream with lozenge medallion and filler motifs on a red ground. 154 x 95 cm.

Sold for £80

An antique Bidjar carpet, woven in blue and muted colours with double headed lozenge medallion and filler motifs on a brick red ground within conforming border. 305 cm long, 177 cm wide.

Sold for £260

A large floral patterned rug, decorated in reds and blues. Length 339 cm x 262 cm.

Sold for £190

A 20th century woollen tapestry of Arts and Crafts design, woven in pinks and blues with carpet design. 146 cm x 83 cm with turned wood hanging rail.

Estimated: £120 - £150

A Regency giltwood convex wall mirror, with eagle cresting, ball ornament, ebonised inner slip and conforming apron. 98 cm high (see illustration).

Sold for £480

A Titchmarsh & Goodwin oak framed rectangular mirror, with leaf carved cresting and apron. 62 cm high, 23 cm wide with makers oval plaque verso.

Sold for £90

A 19th century French carriage timepiece, with white enamelled dial contained in brass and bevelled glass corniche patterned case. 16 cm high with key and Morocco leather covered travelling case for same.

Sold for £140

A fine William IV rosewood cased mantle clock by Viner, 235 Regents Street London, the foliate engraved gilt brass dial with Roman numerals to the fusee movement striking on two gongs, contained in case with gilt bronze folding bale handle, strike silent lever and bevelled glass panels. 24 cm high, with winding handle and case keys for same (see illustration).

Sold for £10500

A carved oak banjo barometer, circa 1930 with ceramic dial and mercury thermometer. Height 84 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £40

A 19th century French gilt clock, with two train Japy Freres movement the rear of the case stamped Mourey 74, the case with female figure and lyre. Height 40 cm, width 41 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £250 - £300

A 19th century French gilt metal mantle clock, figural with soldier leaning on pillar with shield and with two train striking movement in ornate case. Height 54 cm, width 41 cm.

Estimated: £500 - £800

A 19th century French figural clock, hunter with game and dog with two train striking movement and ornate case. Height 53 cm, width 46 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600