antiques & fine art sale

30th November 2021

Starting at 10.00 am each day

Viewing - Sunday prior 10am - 4 pm, Monday prior 10 am - 5 pm, and also throughout each sale day.

Tuesday 30th November - Lots 1-528 The Principal Contents of Greystoke Castle, Nr. Penrith

Wednesday 1st December - Lots 529-615 - Asian Art, 616-714 - Ceramics and Glassware, Lots 715-860 - Jewelllery, Watches, Pocket Watches and Coins, Lots 861-1100 - Silver and Allied Wares

Thursday 2nd December - Lots 1101-1273 Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Lots 1274-1426 - Objects of Arts and Collectors' Items, Lots 1427-1531 - Books, Stamps and Postcards, Lots 1532-1564 - Textiles

Friday 3rd December - Lots 1565-1699 - Tables Boxes, Wall Clcoks, Barometers and Mirrors, Lots 1700-2118 - Furniture, Longcase Clocks and Dining Tables

You can bid on this sale online, by leaving bids with Mitchells by email upto 9.30 am on the day of the sale or prior ([email protected]) or by attending the saleroom and registering to bid.  To bid online please click on the Saleroom link and follow the instructons given.  Please note if you use the online facility you will pay both our buyer's premium of 22% + VAT and the saleroom charge of 4.95% + VAT on the hammer.  CARD PAYMENT ONLY

Lot 1099

A boxed dessert set with embossed silver handles, hallmarked Sheffield 1930, together with a boxed set of silver coffee bean spoons by Elkington Birmingham 1921.

Sold for £50

Lot 1100

A Georgian silver and coral rattle, with bells, makers name CR with indistinct hallmark.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Lot 1101

After Sam Bough (RSA), etching "Borrowdale" together with an etching by the same artist "Travelling in Norway" 1857. Largest 32 cm x 24 cm, both framed and glazed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Lot 1102

A Victorian oil painting on board, yacht on lake, 20 cm x 35 cm, framed, indistinctly signed and dated 1885, glazed.

Sold for £25

Lot 1103

A Victorian Pears print of Bubbles. 70 cm x 47 cm, framed, together with a print of a young girl with rabbit.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Lot 1104

A pair of Italian Bay of Naples watercolours, each 29 cm x 41 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 1105

J Van Couver, a pair of watercolours "Beverwyk Holland" and "Vlardingen Holland" each 35 cm x 52 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £220

Lot 1106

John Campbell, watercolour "Striding Edge". 23 cm x 51 cm, framed, signed and with original label verso.

Sold for £140

Lot 1107

John Neighbour, watercolour "Sharp Edge", 20 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £70

Lot 1108

Robert Ritchie, oil on canvas "Little Langdale Tarn". 24 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £60

Lot 1109

Shirley Shackleton, a pastel "Eagle Crag Stonethwaite", 18 cm x 26 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £150

Lot 1110

Christopher David Holland, a watercolour "Styhead Tarn". 21 cm x 32 cm, framed, signed and dated 1998.

Sold for £110

Lot 1111

An antiquarian print " A comparative view of some of the principal hills in Great Britain". 24 cm x 19 cm, framed.

Sold for £45

Lot 1112

An antiquarian print "Map of the Black Lead Mines etc in Cumberland". 19 cm x 23 cm, framed, together with a photocopy of "The Gentleman's Magazine" article discussing the same.

Sold for £100

Lot 1113

Alfred Wainwright, signed print "The Buttermere Valley". Image size 15.5 cm x 15 cm.

Sold for £200

Lot 1114

Alfred Wainwright, signed print "Skelwith Force". Image size 15 cm x 17 cm.

Sold for £220

Lot 1115

Alfred Wainwright, signed print "Stramongate Kendal". Image size 14 cm x 20 cm, framed.

Sold for £30

Lot 1116

Alfred Wainwright, signed print "Friars Crag Derwentwater". Image size 15 cm x 17 cm, framed.

Sold for £240

Lot 1117

A collection of ten Alfred Wainwright, signed prints "Ullswater from St Sunday Crag", "Langstrath", "The Coniston Fells", "The Buttermere Valley", "Bow Fell from Lingmoor Fell", "Blencathra from Castlerigg", "View from Orrest Head", "The Pump Inn Kendal", "The Syke Kendal", "West Tanfield".

Sold for £400

Lot 1118

Five Alfred Wainwright prints, all unsigned, including Steel Fell and Nab Crags, Elterwater, Grasmere and Seat Sandal, Slaters Bridge Little Langdale and a Grasmere farm.

Sold for £150

Lot 1119

Alfred Wainwright, "A map of the county of Westmorland 1974". Image size 52 cm x 59 cm, framed.

Sold for £60

Lot 1120

Robert Swan, oil on canvas "The Honourable Brooke Weld Forester", 75 cm x 60 cm, framed, signed and dated 1959.

Sold for £1200

Lot 1121

E.K an oil painting on canvas of an Art Nouveau female figure. 97 cm x 83 cm, framed (see illustration).

Estimated: £1200 - £1800

Lot 1122

An oil painting on canvas of a beach scene with sailing vessel. 60 cm x 90 cm in gilt frame.

Sold for £220

Lot 1123

N Siebel, oil on canvas continental river and town scene. 60 cm x 90 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £60

Lot 1124

A watercolour possibly "The Wreck of the East India Company Ship Clarendon off Blackgang Chine Isle of Wight 1836". 48 cm x 86 cm, framed and with Parker Gallery label, Pimlico Road, London label verso.

Sold for £170

Lot 1125

An oil painting on canvas coastal scene with boys bathing, 19th century. 45 cm x 76 cm in gilt frame (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 1126

Roger Desoutter oil on canvas, sailing ship. 44 cm x 53 cm, framed signed.

Sold for £380

Lot 1127

Graham Howleat, "The Albion on the Bure, Near Great Yarmouth". 34 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 1128

Style of George Armfield, oil on canvas Terriers in Interior. 29 cm x 38.5 cm, in gilt frame and inked George Armfield verso.

Sold for £200

Lot 1129

Oil on canvas Art Nouveau female figure. 76 cm x 49.5 cm.

Sold for £340

Lot 1130

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, primitive portrait of two young girls. 103 cm x 82.5 cm, framed (see illustration).

Estimated: £1200 - £1800

Lot 1131

Nielsen oil on canvas, gunboat and other vessels. 87 cm x 131 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

Lot 1132

Four dog pictures, two by Joanne Bastard "Brough" and "Mindy", a third entitled "Sparticus" and another of hounds by Amanda Bowes.

Sold for £120

Lot 1133

Susan E Jameson (born 1944), "Electric Storm", artist proof mezzotint, signed and dated '83 to margin, within a card mount, framed and glazed. 63 cm x 40 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 1134

After Susan E Jameson (born 1944), "Forked Lightning II", limited edition mezzotint print, No. 111/200, within a card mount and black painted frame, glazed, signed, dated and titled in pencil to mount or margin. 35 cm x 42 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 1135

After Susan E Jameson (born 1944), "Lightning Storm I", artist proof mezzotint, within a card mount, moulded frame under glass, signed, dated and titled in pencil to mount or margin. 53 cm x 40.5 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 1136

After Susan E Jameson (born 1944), "Lakeland Lightning II", limited edition print, No. 74/250, within a card mount, moulded frame under glass, signed, dated and titled in pencil to mount or margin. 53 cm x 63 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 1137

After Susan E Jameson (born 1944), "Sunday", artist proof mezzotint, within a card mount, moulded frame under glass, signed, dated and titled in pencil to mount or margin. 43 cm x 74 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 1138

After Susan E Jameson (born 1944), "Thorn Tree", artist proof mezzotint triptych, within a card mount and silvered frame under glass, signed, dated and titled in pencil to mount or margin. 70 cm x 36 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 1139

Henry Earp Snr (1831-1914), two watercolours, "A Farm Near Ockley Surrey" and "The Pond at Withdean Near Brighton", each 52 x 37 cm, both signed, the former dated 1911 in gilt moulded frames and glazed.

Sold for £200

Lot 1140

Patricia Sadler, watercolour, still life of a vase of flowers. 13 cm x 16 cm, signed in full in pencil in light oak frame and glazed with Castlegate House Cockermouth label verso.

Sold for £100

Lot 1141

Karen Wallbank, oil painting "Dawn Light". 14.5 x 18 cm in beechwood frame and glazed with Castlegate House Cockermouth label verso, together with artist name and title inscribed.

Sold for £140

Lot 1142

Alan Stones (born 1947), limited edition colour print, "Brother Sun". 49 cm x 43 cm. No. 68/200, signed in full and dated 1990 in oak frame and glazed.

Sold for £40

Lot 1143

Alan Stones (born 1947), limited edition colour print, "Royal Show". 49 cm x 46 cm. No. 67/200, signed in full and dated 1990 in oak frame and glazed.

Sold for £30

Lot 1144

Len Roope, watercolour "Melbreak". 18.5 cm x 26 cm, framed, signed and dated 1975 (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 1145

Sir John Crampton (1805-1886), "Irish Landscape" lake view with trees to foreground. 32 x 48 cm in later gilt frame and glazed with Clarges Gallery London label verso, listing artists name and title of work.

Estimated: £120 - £150

Lot 1146

Claude Hayes (1852-1922), country scenes with horse and rider and trees to foreground. 34 x 51 cm, signed in later gilt frame and glazed.

Sold for £130

Lot 1147

Claude Hayes (1852-1922), watercolour, "Haymaking at Tewkesbury", 24 x 30 cm, signed in later gilt frame and glazed, with pencil inscription verso indicating title to rear of work, together with Kennedy and Wolfenden & Co Ltd label.

Sold for £130

Lot 1148

Claude Hayes (1852-1922), watercolour, moorland scene, probably Exmoor with ponies to foreground. 24 x 33 cm, signed in later gilt frame and glazed.

Sold for £90

Lot 1149

Early 19th century continental or Russian school watercolour, shoulder length portrait of a man wearing red velvet cap bearing St George Cross. 27 x 21 cm in gilt oval frame and glazed with Robert Gaffikin Belfast label verso.

Sold for £50

Lot 1150

Henry John Sylvester Stannard (1870-1951), watercolour, "Old Cottages Dorset". 24 x 34 cm, in later gilt frame and glazed with remnants of old frame taped verso, together with Sotheby's label.

Sold for £50

Lot 1151

N, Meadows, watercolour, riverside footpath with mother and child to foreground. 24 x 32 cm, signed in gilt frame and glazed.

Estimated: £50 - £70

Lot 1152

W Taylor, gouache, fishing in stormy seas. 22 x 38 cm, signed and dated 1872 in gilt moulded frame and glazed with Ross's Auctioneers label verso.

Estimated: £60 - £80

Lot 1153

Garman Morris (G.M. Avondale - FL 1900-1930), "Off Scarborough". 25 cm x 48 cm, signed in gilt moulded and swept frame and glazed with Hurst & Co Belfast label verso.

Estimated: £60 - £80

Lot 1154

T.E. Spence, oil painting, "Wickhamford Church", canvas 40 x 50 cm, signed and dated 1960 in painted and gilt frame.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 1155

Chris Sims, oil painting, "Before Kick Off". 28 x 35 cm, in grey painted frame and glazed with label verso.

Sold for £220

Lot 1156

C. Mensforth, oil painting, "Ibiza Garden", canvas 60 x 74 cm, signed in black frame and glazed, titled verso.

Sold for £220

Lot 1157

Fionna Carlyle, gouache, "Oyster Fishers, Crete". 117 cm square, in painted frame and glazed, label verso with artists name, title of work and dated 1989.

Sold for £900

Lot 1158

Joseph Simpson, etching, three quarter length portrait of John Peel. 30 x 21 cm in later black frame and glazed.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 1159

Continental School, oil painting, "Moulin Rouge", canvas 41 x 50 cm in gilt frame and glazed.

Estimated: £120 - £150

Lot 1160

Early 18th century school, oil painting, half length portrait of Charles Berkeley, relined canvas. 78 x 64 cm in gilt leaf moulded frame with Doic, Wilson & Wheatley label verso. Provenance - by family descent to the present vendor (see illustration).

Estimated: £3000 - £3500

Lot 1161

18th century school, oil painting, half length portrait of Taylor of Bifrons, relined canvas, 76 x 63 cm in gilt moulded and swept frame. Provenance - by family descent to the present vendor (see illustration).

Estimated: £1500 - £2000

Lot 1162

19th century school, oil painting, half length portrait of William Stanley (1788-1879), painted with armorial to upper right corner, canvas 77 x 64 cm in gilt moulded frame with Winsor & Newton stencil verso, together with ink inscribed label "William Stanley aged 70 - A Native of Dickinfield Cheshire...". Provenance - by family descent to the present vendor.

Sold for £380

Lot 1163

Victorian School, oil painting, half length portrait of Elizabeth Graham, relined canvas 78 x 64 cm in deeply moulded gilt frame with old restorers label verso dated 25th September 1902, together with label verso for Paragon Fine Arts, Macclesfield. Provenance - by family descent to the present vendor.

Estimated: £800 - £1200

Lot 1164

Dummond Young (thought to be Edward Drummond Young 1876-1946), oil painting, portrait of Sir Musgrave, Brico, 4th Baronet of Crofton Hall Cumberland, canvas 62 x 51 cm in painted and swept frame and glazed, inscribed in pen verso. Provenance - by family descent to the present vendor.

Estimated: £300 - £400

Lot 1165

John Mitchell (Scottish School) watercolour, "The Old Man of Muchall". 41 cm x 52 cm, framed, signed and dated 1889 in gilt frame.

Sold for £120

Lot 1166

John Aburn (19th century Scottish School), oil on canvas shepherd and sheep in wooded landscape with gate. 78 cm x 107 cm in ornate original gilt frame (see illustration).

Sold for £800

Lot 1167

19th century Scottish School, portrait oil on canvas of a distinguished gentleman seated and in gilt frame. 74 cm x 63.5 cm.

Sold for £190

Lot 1168

After Thomas Gainsborough, an engraving by John Raphael Smith "His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales", in fine ornate giltwood and gesso frame. Frame aperture dimensions 78.5 cm x 54.5 cm. External dimensions 115 cm x 84 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

Lot 1169

A 19th century oil painting on canvas "Scarborough". 59 cm x 91 cm, framed, relined (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 1170

19th century Scottish School oil on canvas loch and castle scene. 49 cm x 79 cm in original ornate gilt frame.

Sold for £550

Lot 1171

19th century painting on canvas The Vessel "Charles of Gatehouse", possibly by D Campbell, indistinctly dated 45 cm x 66 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Lot 1172

William Lakin Turner, oil on canvas, lake and mountain scene. 29 cm x 42 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £750

Lot 1173

P.K. nude pastel. 49 cm x 35.5 cm, framed, signed with initials.

Sold for £240

Lot 1174

Alan Johnston, watercolour lake, mountain and roadside scene. 27 cm x 42 cm, framed, signed and dated 1960.

Sold for £30

Lot 1175

Edwin La Dell, lithograph "Sedbergh", 51/100. 43 cm x 59 cm, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £300

Lot 1176

Claude Bendall, watercolour horse study. 29 cm x 21.5 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £70

Lot 1177

Hazel Titherley, oil on board "Plymog Farm". 24 cm x 61.5 cm, framed, signed an dated 1963.

Sold for £420

Lot 1178

E H Marten, watercolour "A Glimpse of Ullswater from Brackenrigg". 24 cm x 35 cm, signed.

Sold for £50

Lot 1179

Oil on board three quarter length portrait of a young lady. 22 cm x 17 cm, framed.

Sold for £400

Lot 1180

Portrait of a young boy, oil on board. 17 cm x 12 cm, framed.

Sold for £120

Lot 1181

C.M. A late Victorian oil painting on canvas board, Black Cat, rectangular 26 cm x 22 cm, signed with initials.

Sold for £130

Lot 1182

C.M. A late Victorian oil painting on canvas board, White Cat, oval. 29 cm x 23 cm, signed with initials and dated 1896.

Sold for £240

Lot 1183

Bernard Eyre Walker (1886-1972), watercolour, "Skeggles Water". 28 cm x 38 cm, signed in full and dated 1946, in gilt frame and glazed and titled verso. NOTE: Consigned from 23 Briar Rigg, Keswick, by repute formerly the home of Bernard Eyre Walker. ARR.

Sold for £110

Lot 1184

Bernard Eyre Walker (1886-1972), watercolour, "Little Langdale". 40 cm x 55 cm, signed in full and dated 1948 in bevelled oak frame and glazed with label verso with title, price and artist's address. NOTE: Consigned from 23 Briar Rigg, Keswick, by repute formerly the home of Bernard Eyre Walker. ARR.

Sold for £180

Lot 1185

Bernard Eyre Walker (1886-1972), watercolour, "Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland". 21 cm x 38 cm, signed in full and dated 1948, in cream frame inscribed and glazed and titled verso. NOTE: Consigned from 23 Briar Rigg, Keswick, by repute formerly the home of Bernard Eyre Walker. ARR.

Sold for £160

Lot 1186

Bernard Eyre Walker (1886-1972), watercolour, continental lake scene with castle and figures to foreground. 36 cm x 52 cm, signed in full and dated 1949, in gilt frame and glazed. NOTE: Consigned from 23 Briar Rigg, Keswick, by repute formerly the home of Bernard Eyre Walker. ARR.

Estimated: £50 - £70

Lot 1187

Eyre Walker (Bernard), "Quest - A Personal Search", privately printed by Titus Wilson, Kendal, in red leather binding with Griffen pattern end papers and inscribed to front flyleaf "To Joan with warmest Christmas Greetings 1964", sold together with two copies of Eyre Walker (Bernard) "Quest Renewed", two Bernard Eyre Walker Christmas cards, one inscribed verso with address of 23 Briar Rigg, Keswick, a photograph of Bernard and Dorothy Eyre Walker outside their house at Grange over Sands, together with a Bernard Eyre Walker retrospective gallery catalogue 1973 held at the Abbott Hall Gallery Kendal. ARR.

Sold for £60

Lot 1188

Early 20th century school, oil painting, cottage interior with young girl reading and elderly lady watching, canvas 48 x 73 cm, in gilt frame and glazed with Bromley's Fine Art Gallery Bolton label verso.

Sold for £130

Lot 1189

Victorian School, oil painting, lake view with shepherd and flock to foreground, canvas 28 x 54 cm, monogrammed EL and dated 1892, in gilt moulded frame and glazed with George Barnes Bolton label verso.

Sold for £80

Lot 1190

Matthews (19th century), watercolour, "Ben Ledi, Perthshire". 33 x 50 cm, indistinctly signed and dated 1871, in gilt moulded frame and glazed with label verso bearing title and name of artist.

Sold for £70

Lot 1191

After Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), a set of twenty three coloured mezzotints, Dr Syntax - Second and Third Tours and other scenes, mostly 34 x 39 cm in gilt frames and glazed.

Sold for £150

Lot 1192

Carl Boehme (1866-1939), Impasto oil painting, "Breaking Waves", 83 cm x 110 cm, signed and in gilt moulded frame.

Sold for £1600

Lot 1193

Dora Laye, oil painting, "Tahoma Lion and Lioness", 52 cm x 76 cm in gilt moulded frame and glazed with label verso for Brown Brothers & Taylor Framers York.

Sold for £300

Lot 1194

Style of JC Johansen, oil painting on canvas, possibly portrait of Bonar Law. 61.5 cm x 51 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Lot 1195

Ron Green, a collection of watercolours and pastels, including portraits and landscapes, principally local scenes, mostly unframed and unmounted. ARR.

Sold for £100

Lot 1196

A 20th century signed colour print - "Bakers Vaults". 61 cm x 92 cm, indistinctly signed in wooden frame and glazed.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 1197

Charles Shiels, oil painting, family group, board 61 cm2, signed and dated '70, unframed. ARR.

Estimated: £250 - £300

Lot 1198

Charles Shiels, oil painting "Judge and Jester Supervising the Registration of the New Rose Queen". 35.5 cm x 45.5 cm, signed in metal frame with labels verso, listing title of work, price, dated October 1976 and with artist address 69 Bloom Street, Edgeley, Stockport. ARR.

Estimated: £100 - £150