country sporting sale

* James Dixon & Sons Sheffield, a copper bodied shot flask with dead game, with heavily embossed scrolled work, length 19 cm.

Sold for £100

* G & J.W. Hawksley a copper bodied powder flask with basket weave design, length 20 cm.

Sold for £45

* Dixon & Son a copper bodied powder flask, embossed with pointers and handler, 21 cm, together with a G & J.W. Hawksley plain bodied powder flask, 20 cm.

Sold for £28

* A copper bodied powder flask with net design, length 21 cm.

Sold for £45

* A silver coloured pistol powder flask, decorated with a mythical beast, 10 cm.

Sold for £85

* G & J.W. Hawksley an embossed pistol powder flask, length 12 cm, together with one of fluted design 12 cm and a leather shot flask 22 cm.

Sold for £75

* A leather wrapped shot flask, length 17 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £50

* A leather wrapped shot flask, length 24 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £50

* James Dixon & Sons Sheffield, a plain bodied pistol powder flask 13 cm, together with an embossed eagle and revolver flask 11 cm and a plain bodied flask 11 cm.

Sold for £65

* Two embossed pistol flasks, 11 cm.

Sold for £50

* An eagle and revolver embossed pistol flask 11 cm, together with two plain bodied flasks 11 cm and 12 cm.

Sold for £75

* J Dixon & Sons Sheffield, a three way pistol powder flask, length 8 cm.

Sold for £200

* G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield, a three way pistol powder flask, 13 cm.

Sold for £180

* James Dixon & Sons Sheffield, a leather bodied powder flask 20 cm, together with a flask stamped Patent and embossed with long beaked birds, 20 cm and a leather bodied shot flask 21 cm.

Sold for £55

* Two horn bodied powder flasks, 23 cm and 19 cm.

Sold for £24

* A pair of pistol powder flasks with shell decoration, 10.5 cm.

Sold for £40

* A leather bodied powder flask, length 20 cm, together with a leather bodied shot flask, length 17 cm.

Sold for £60

* Two horn powder flasks, one with hanging chain 20 cm and another marked KJB, 17 cm.

Sold for £22

* A large powder horn with brass nozzle and hanging loop, length 31 cm.

Sold for £50

* G & J.W. Hawksley, an embossed leather bodied shot flask, embossed with hanging game 21 cm, together with three other leather bodied shot flasks.

Sold for £70

* G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield, a leather embossed shot flask with Scottish scene, gentleman wearing kilt with stag and dogs, 22 cm, together with three other shot flasks.

Sold for £60

* Sykes a pistol powder flask with copper body, stamped to the body Sykes, 8 cm.

Sold for £70

* Dixon & Sons Patent Scottish shot flask, 21 cm, together with another 22 cm.

Sold for £40

* Two copper bodied powder flasks, the first with shotgun and dog decoration 18 cm, the other embossed 18 cm.

Sold for £55

* A large powder horn with pen and ink decoration, 37 cm together with two shot flasks, 20 cm.

Sold for £75

* Two hip flasks, the first by Dispatch marked 8oz with a silver plated bottom and leather top, together with an earlier leather covered body flask.

Sold for £35

* Three place finders, one in the form of a vesta case with eight pegs.

Sold for £110

* J & W Richards, a flintlock powder tester. Length 17 cm.

Sold for £320

* W J Chapman of Cranbrook, a flintlock over/under pistol, with 2 1/4" barrels. Overall length 19 cm.

Sold for £320

* Clark London a flintlock pocket pistol, with 1 1/2" screw off barrel. Overall length 15 cm.

Sold for £150

* An 8 mm Berdan capper decapper tool, together with two wad punches.

Sold for £30

* BSA Firearm Safetipaste with box, together with BSA rifle Safetipaste and a bag of James Baldwin & Sons lead shot.

Estimated: £15 - £25

* A collection of Eley & Kynoch items, to include a Kynoch box opener and Eley shotgun cartridges beer mat.

Sold for £16

* M Harvey & Co Ltd Walsall, a leather ammunition pouch dated 1917, together with a vintage clay pigeon thrower, a Newcastle chilled shot bag and a vintage mousetrap.

Sold for £20

* A small canvas cartridge magazine opening to three internal compartments.

Sold for £40

* James Dixon & Sons, a sandwich tin and flask with leather pouch.

Sold for £85

* James Dixon & Sons, a sandwich tin and flask with leather pouch.

Sold for £85

* A Wilkinson of Pall Mall alarm mime, length 26 cm.

Sold for £110

* Wallas of Wigton a six shot pepperbox pistol, with 2 3/4" barrels, the side of the action marked Wallas Wigton in a case with bullet mould, powder flask, turn screw, percussion caps etc.

Sold for £550

* Four Punt Gunning pictures, featuring William Nichol, Punt gunner of Skinburness 1854-1934, Jim Storey of Anthorn 1864-1946, Arthur Beaty of Carlisle 1994, Arthur & John Ashton of Brough and Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey Punt gunning at Fenham Flats, Holy Island.

Sold for £90

* G.P. Graham & Son, Cockermouth a framed bill dated January 1946 for the Reverend Bellingham.

Sold for £35

* A pigeon shooting poster, titled "Pigeon Shooting Glen Welt - Robert Dove begs to inform his friends in the public that he intends to have his annual pigeon shooting on Tuesday 31st December 1844" printed by Henry Lancaster Printer, Brampton. 31 x 19 cm, framed.

Sold for £180

* A pigeon shooting poster for Wearisome Inn Near Appleby, Thursday March 9th 1905, printed by J Whitehead & Son, Gas Printing Works, Appleby. 17 x 25 cm.

Sold for £180

* A Handy Guide to the Game Laws - by a solicitor", published by Horace Cox 1905, together with a game book circa 1972.

Sold for £20

* A leather bound game book belonging to RJ Jefferson, Springfield Farm, Bigrigg, various shoots such as Gilgarran, Greysouthen, Wasdale etc.

Sold for £95

* Three books "Alarm Guns" by T & J Bateman, "In The Gun Room" by Major Gerald Burrard and "The Gun and Its Development" by W W Greener.

Sold for £28

* Twelve books, to include "The Shotgun History & Development" and "Shotguns and Gun Smiths The Vintage Years" by Geoffrey Boothroyd.

Sold for £35

* Three gun catalogues, two by Thomas Bland & Sons and Midland Gun Company, dated 1938, list No 2 67th edition.

Sold for £30

* A wooden box containing an Eley Grand Prix plastic cartridge labelled Avon Tai Winds aftershave lotion, together with various pocket knives, a car mascot, vintage Alfred J Parker flannelette gun cleaning patches etc.

Sold for £22

* Two vintage knives with pincer handles, the large marked to the blade Temple Brand Balmoral Ltd. Overall length 22 and 20 cm.

Sold for £40

* James Dixon & Sons Sheffield Dixon & Simpsons Patent cartridge loader, Patent No. 3970 March 16, 1887 and numbered 1548. See DJ Baker Cartridge Tools, page 1091.

Sold for £800

* Various cartridge trays, from vintage reloading stations, Erskine etc.

Sold for £90

* A vintage Climax loader Mark 2. See DJ Baker Cartridge Tools, page 191 fig. 3.

Sold for £480

* William Lightwood a roll turnover machine on treadle base, with various heads, by repute from Milburns of Brampton, see DJ Baker Cartridge Tools page 124, 125.

Sold for £800

* Eight air gun pellet tins (two full), to include Webley 22 orange, Special pellets etc.

Sold for £14

* A Lee Loadall, together with various bullet moulds, empty boxes, instructions etc.

Sold for £30

* A set of 12 bore barrel plug gauges, together with a Lightwood chamber gauge.

Sold for £50

* A set of 12 bore shotgun plug gauges.

Sold for £35

* Two ramrods, 76 cm and 70 cm.

Sold for £28

* A quantity of ramrods, shotgun stocks, crow decoys etc.

Sold for £40

* A cast iron cannon on later stand. Length +/- 36 cm.

Sold for £80

* A cast iron cannon on later stand. Length +/- 36 cm.

Sold for £90

* A collection of percussion caps, primers etc. Eley etc.

Sold for £30

* An ICI Imperial Chemical Industries wooden box, marked to the top Explosive Safety Cartridges, Not Liable to Explode in Bulk, with a label from W Coates Cycle Agent and Hardware Stores, 23 West Street, Wigton.

Sold for £22

* An oak shotgun display cabinet, with space for four guns and cupboard below. Height 163 cm, width 44 cm, depth 32 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

* A display wall hanging cabinet. 100 cm x 45 cm, depth 10 cm, with hinged door.

Sold for £30

* A metal locking cabinet, various Eley stickers to the front. Height 99 cm, width 41 cm, depth 28 cm.

Sold for £65

* A shotgun display stand, together with parts to make another. Height 135 cm, width 62 cm, depth 23 cm.

Sold for £22

* Two large caliber cleaning rods, +/- 170 cm.

Sold for £45

Border Fine Arts a large barn owl sculpture "Silent Wings" model No. B0746, with certificate and box, limited edition 235/600. Height 57 cm.

Sold for £180

Three otter figures "Spring Romance" limited edition 561/2500, model No. MTR05, "River Majesty" limited edition 426/3000, model No. MTR06 and "Together Again", model No. SOC3.

Sold for £40

Two Border Fine Arts figures "A Watchful Eye" tawny owl and chicks, model No. SOC8 together with "Barn Owl Family", model No. RB34.

Sold for £35

Border Fine Arts two owl figures, short eared owl model No. RB29 and long eared owl model No. RB20.

Sold for £75

Border Fine Arts two badger figures, to include "Urban Badgers" limited edition 157/1500, model No. L151 and "Baby Brocks" model No. A0724.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Border Fine Arts two limited edition figures of otters "At Waters Edge" model No. EG5, 812/1500 and "Keeping Up" model No. B0333, 452/1750.

Sold for £80

Nine vintage wooden mole traps, together with a crayfish trap.

Sold for £10

Three vintage traps signed W.R. Pritchard, J Yeo and another, various lengths, 31 cm, 32 cm and 25 cm.

Sold for £320

Two vintage traps, the first signed but illegible 30 cm and another 24 cm.

Estimated: £15 - £25

A collection of empty powder tins, ammunition boxes etc, to include Canadian .380" World War II revolver ammunition box, Saloon blank cartridge tin, Eley Saloon blank cartridge tin etc.

Sold for £5

Masons of Keswick, a photograph depicting foxhunting Newlands, The Blencathra Foxhounds. 29 x 38 cm, in oak frame, together with a print of otter hounds, 24 x 34 cm.

Sold for £10

Two gun cases, smallest 32" across, largest 48".

Sold for £10

Two oil paintings on board of terriers, one with rat, signed D Winskill, dated 2011. 19 x 24 cm and in gilt frames.

Sold for £70

Four antique embossed copper powder flasks, one by Hawksley.

Sold for £120

Antique shot measure by James Dixon, horn powder flasks, percussion nipples etc.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Puma an original Puma Bowie knife, stamped 6396, having a 6 1/2" blade, 28 cm overall, also stamped to the guard 83274.

Sold for £150

The Brighton and Sussex hunting map, showing the Brighton Harriers, Brookside Harriers, Burstow Foxhounds, Crawley and Horsham Foxhounds, Eastbourne Harriers, East Sussex Foxhounds, Goodwood Foxhounds, South Down Foxhounds and the Warnham Stag hounds. Published by John Beal & Son, map size 48 x 88 cm.

Sold for £40

A canvas and leatherette game bag, together with a copper powder flask. Flask length +/- 16 cm.

Sold for £26

Six Holmrook Rifle Club silver spoons, by Elkington & Co, various date letters together with one blank Rifle Club spoon, cased.

Sold for £28

Beswick a dairy shorthorn calf.

Sold for £80

A pair of carved wooden duck decoys. 25 and 27 cm, together with a fox skull.

Sold for £40

An early 20th century wooden pigeon decoy, with metal stake. Length 36 cm.

Sold for £150

Lynn Purnell a print of a hound trail. 26 x 38 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £15 - £25

A Victorinox Ambassador Swiss Army Knife, with rare World logo, with fourteen tools including toothpick, together with a Klein model 44034 stainless steel and wood folding knife and a Zippo fishing knife.

Sold for £40

A folding mahogany boot jack, together with an Edwardian letter rack in the form of a carved foxes head, stirrup and riding crop.

Sold for £60

A scissor action trap. Height +/- 16.5 cm.

Sold for £15

Three metal military ammunition crates. Height 16 cm, width 62 cm, depth 38 cm, together with a wireless remote control unit metal box.

Sold for £22

Stephen Grant and Joseph Lang Ltd, 7 Bury Street, St James, London SW1, a canvas oak and leather shotgun motor case, opening to a baize lined fitted interior with trade label to lid Stephen Grant and Joseph Lang, suitable for 30" side by side barrels.

Estimated: £50 - £80

H Poole & Co Army and Navy Tailors, a Victorian tin travelling case bearing the plaque for H Poole & Co, 36/37/38/39 Savile Row, London West, with further plaque Sir Francis Ley. Length 103 cm, width 33 cm, depth 11 cm. NOTE: Sir Francis Ley First Baronet (1846-1916) was the founder of Leys Malleable Castings, Vulcan Ironworks in Derby, he was also Lord of the Manor at Epperstone, Lazonby, Staffield, Glassonby and Kirkoswald in Cumbria.

Estimated: £30 - £50

A vintage Acme jay call. +/- 6 cm in length.

Sold for £35

The Fox Hunts of England, Wales and Scotland map by WD Haynes 1973. 79 x 58 cm, framed.

Sold for £40