antiques & fine art sale

A George III mahogany single drawer box, with crossbanded top and drawer front, on bracket feet. 13 cm high x 30 cm wide x 16 cm deep (possibly the base of a toilet mirror).

Sold for £60

A pair of Victorian walnut circular footstools, the tops upholstered in green cloth, on turned feet. Each 10 cm high x 30 cm diameter.

Sold for £45

A William IV Rosewood sewing box, the angled pin cushion top with beaded moulding, fitted single drawer and inset with Mother of Pearl Heart shaped cartouche engraved initial HH 10 cm high x 15 cm wide x 9.5 cm deep.

Sold for £150

A Regency rosewood sewing box, with fine turned handle and twin lifting top, fitted single lidded compartment with single drawer under. 14 cm high, 23.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep (see illustration).

Sold for £190

A Victorian gilt bronze and beechwood 12 spool reel holder, the pin cushion top with acorn finial and with splayed feet, 28.5 cm high.

Sold for £110

A Victorian ormolu 6 spool reel holder the pin cushion top with leaf moulding, the holders with figural and bird finials on splayed feet 25 cm high.

Sold for £110

A carved olivewood figure of The Madonna and Child, 23 cm high, 2 continental carved pine figures of monks, 19.5 cm and 22.5 cm high, together with a carved and stained beechwood figure of a night watchman, 34 cm high.

Sold for £50

An African carved and stained wood figure of a man holding a basket, 18 cm high.

Sold for £40

An African carved and painted wood figure of a seated man holding a bowl and with Mohican style hair, 39 cm high.

Sold for £30

A cold painted bronze figure of the devil.

Sold for £200

An eastern brass figure of a standing deer, 23 cm high.

Sold for £40

A student's monocular microscope by ESL, with objective the same, 20 cm high, with mahogany case.

Sold for £20

An eastern carved wood figure of a crouched crying man, 7 cm high.

Sold for £35

A 19th century polished brass chamberstick, with circular sconce and drip pan, 9 cm high, a pair of 19th century polished brass candlesticks of small proportion, 12 cm high x 6 cm diameter, and a modern cast metal frog candlestick, 22 cm high.

Sold for £40

An eastern brass goblet, 11.5 cm high, together with a pair of eastern brass circular pin trays, 10 cm diameter.

Sold for £15

A Royal Copenhagen porcelain figure of a standing girl holding a doll, 14.5 cm high, No. 3539, with Blue Waves mark and worded Denmark.

Sold for £40

A Victorian blood stone seal, the octagonal matrix worded "Greystoke Castle", 6.5 cm high.

Sold for £100

A continental papier-mache heart shaped bowl, decorated with birds and flowers, 19 cm x 17 cm, a similar dish of scallop shape, a Victorian papier-mache circular dish with shaped rim and 4 other pieces.

Sold for £45

A 20th century continental porcelain oval bowl, probably Copenhagen, enamelled with floral sprays within shaped rim, 17.5 cm x 14.5 cm, underglaze Blue Waves mark, a pair of early 19th century porcelain saucers decorated in grey with floral sprays and swags and a small selection of decorative ceramics.

Sold for £20

A Wedgwood blue and white bone china candlestick, 15 cm high, a similar oval lidded box, a similar oval lid, 2 continental porcelain figures of birds and a Chinese porcelain circular bowl decorated with blossom on a green ground, 5 cm x 11 cm.

Sold for £45

An Early 19th century French rosewood and brass inlaid serpentine fronted liqueur tantalus, 26 cm x 30 cm x 23 cm, containing moulded clear glass liqueur set comprising 4 decanters with stoppers and 16 glasses (see illustration).

Sold for £1350

A 18th century engraving of Eton College, 11.5 cm square, within later Hogarth style frame and glazed.

Sold for £35

An early 19th century pottery part dessert service of Derby design, decorated in the Imari palette with flowers and leaves within gilt rims (9).

Sold for £240

A Victorian Staffordshire pottery spill vase, "The Rival", 36 cm high.

Sold for £50

A Victorian Staffordshire pottery clock group 31 cm high together with a Victorian Staffordshire pottery spill vase moulded with seated couple and dog 32 cm high.

Sold for £45

A Victorian Staffordshire pottery spill vase moulded as Red Riding Hood, an unusual Victorian pottery Staffordshire figure moulded with a seated boy and dog, the dog wearing a dunce's hat and a Staffordshire star pottery spill vase.

Sold for £60

A Victorian Staffordshire pottery spill vase modelled with a pair of parrots, a horse and cow at a water trough, 26 cm high, and two other Victorian Staffordshire pottery figures.

Sold for £140

A 19th century Samson armorial porcelain cylindrical tankard, decorated with floral sprays, relief scrollwork and Howard crest, 12 cm high.

Sold for £160

Three Samson armorial porcelain lidded vases, each decorated with floral sprays, relief scrollwork and Howard crest, 17 cm high.

Sold for £130

A pair of Samson armorial porcelain cylindrical vases, with flared rims, decorated with floral sprays, relief scrollwork and Howard crest 12.5 cm high.

Sold for £160

A Samson armorial porcelain rectangular tea caddy, with arched top, decorated with floral sprays, blue and gilded borders and with Howard crest, 12.5 cm high.

Sold for £150

An extensive Chinese Qianlong armorial porcelain dinner service, decorated in red, purple and gilt and decorated to centre with Howard lion, comprising pair of lidded two handled tureens, 3 oval meat plates, two handled bowl and stand with reticulated sides, 2 similar smaller stands, 4 oval dishes, 2 oval bowls, 1 circular bowl and 28 plates (44 pieces) (see illustration).

Sold for £2800

A Japanese Meiji period tanto dagger, with dark brown leather bound and bronze mounted hilt and plain steel blade, with scabbard the same, fitted with a smaller dagger, 38 cm overall.

Sold for £460

No lot.

An eastern short sword the blade, with deep blood channel and wooden hilt, with black leather scabbard the same, 62 cm overall.

Sold for £140

A cotton Union Jack, 90 cm x 166 cm.

Sold for £80

A 19th century gilt tooled red leather dispatch box, the lid with Royal crest and with red velvet lined interior, 10 cm x 32 cm x 23 cm.

Sold for £500

A Victorian silver plated mounted horse hoof letter rack by Ward and Co., Naturalist London, with two division circular rack on hoof with naturalistically moulded silver plated mount, the front of the hoof engraved "Pet", 14.5 cm high, with impressed makers mark to underside.

Sold for £170

The 19th century Chinese black patinated bronze figure of Fu Xing, in the Archaistic style, 22 cm high, with associated ebonised wooden circular stand.

Sold for £240

A domed clear glass paperweight, engraved " High Sheriff Cumbria March 1979-1980", 3.5 cm high x 7.5 diameter.

Sold for £50

A stainless steel automotive pin tray, Morgan Worcester 1888-1963, 9 cm.

Sold for £35

A silver plated mounted No. 5 tackle penknife, the side engraved with different hooks, 10 cm long.

Sold for £50

An early Victorian rosewood rectangular workbox, 11 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm.

Sold for £45

An Elizabeth II silver "Diligent and Secret" College of Arms Silver Jubilee tankard by The Yorkshire Mint, 13 cm high, Sheffield 1977, weight 344 g.

Sold for £130

A vintage Welsh brass miners lamp, by E Thomas and Williams Ltd., 22 cm high.

Sold for £30

No lot.

An early 19th century Treen ball cup, 13 cm high.

Sold for £50

A late 19th century turned fruitwood cylindrical needle case, 8.5 cm high, and turned wood lidded dice pot, 7.5 cm high.

Sold for £40

A Victorian brass and oak cribbage board, of shaped outline, 24 cm x 10 cm.

Sold for £35

A Chinese rosewood circular vase stand, with fretted sides, 3.5 cm high x 16.5 cm diameter, and another Chinese vase stand, 14.5 cm diameter.

Sold for £15

An early 19th century fruitwood circular lidded box,the lid inset with gold coloured metal plaque worded "Purley", 12.5 cm high x 8.5 cm diameter.

Sold for £50

A George III mahogany two drawer cabinet, on ogee feet, 16 cm x 37 cm x 24 cm.

Sold for £120

A Fairfax teak six division pipe rack, containing 5 pipes including a Stanwell 42 Royal Rouge pipe.

Sold for £20

A pair of early 19th century English clear glass square section decanters, with facet and wheel cuttings engraved Rum and Brandy, with facet cut glass stoppers, 25 cm and 26 cm high, together with a pair of similar octagonal section decanters with stoppers.

Sold for £45

A 19th century horn shot flask, with wooden end and stopper, 11.5 cm long, together with a brown leather covered table lighter inset with duck plaque, 9 cm high.

Sold for £35

A Keswick School of Industrial Arts Firth Staybrite circular bowl, with shaped rim, engraved to centre " Presented to Mrs Stafford Howard Cumberland WI 1920-1970", 4.5 cm high x 19 cm diameter.

Sold for £35

A Royal Mint Queen Mother 90th birthday cupronickel crown, (unopened), 6 other decorative crowns and a small quantity of UK and foreign coinage mostly post 1940.

Sold for £5

A continental Steuben clear art class circular bowl, 20 cm diameter x 7.5 cm high.

Sold for £20

An Eton College Officers' pressed white metal cap badge, worded "Floreat Etona", 5.5 cm high.

Sold for £15

A Victorian mahogany sarcophagus shaped tea caddy, fitted with lidded compartments, on gilt metal ball feet, 17 cm x 22 cm x 14 cm.

Sold for £50

A Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figure of Guan Yin, on ebonised socle, 39 cm.

Sold for £60

A Victorian black slate mantle clock, the enamelled dial and movement marked for Miller and Sons, London, 23 cm, with key and pendulum.

Sold for £40

A Victorian figured walnut jewellery box, with ebonised banding, the lid inset with mother of pearl lozenge, 10 cm x 18 cm x 11 cm deep.

Sold for £90

An eastern brass figure of a standing bull, 23 cm.

Sold for £70

An eastern brass figure of a standing buffalo, 13 cm, together with a figure of a recumbent bull, 7 cm.

Sold for £40

An eastern brass circular bowl, 5 cm high x 18.5 cm diameter, an eastern brass octagonal lidded box, 7 cm high x 10 cm wide, and a brass circular pin dish with punched decoration, 13.5 cm diameter.

Sold for £10

A papier-mache duck form lidded box, decorated in gilt, 11 cm high, and a similar ditto, 12 cm high.

Sold for £50

A pair of Chinese jade and hardstone models of trees, in square planters and on hardwood stands, each 20 cm high.

Sold for £70

Four Chinese jade and hardstone models, on hardwood bases. Smallest 15 cm, largest 17 cm high.

Sold for £40

A Chinese carved jade figure of a standing woman, on rosewood stand, 17 cm high.

Sold for £360

A Chinese soap stone quadrant shaped carving with two seated figures, 12 cm high x 20 cm wide.

Sold for £28

A eastern axe, with steel blade and wooden, shaft 82 cm.

Sold for £60

A reproduction axe, with cast steel blade and wooden shaft, 60 cm.

Sold for £70

A 19th century French 1879 Chassepot bayonet, 64 cm long.

Sold for £30

Adam Buck, watercolour, miniature portrait of Charles Edward Long, 12.5 cm x 11 cm, signed and dated 1828, in bevelled gilt frame and glazed, with label verso for R Gravel Carver and Gilder, No. 28 Warwick Street.

Sold for £550

19th century oil painting, castle study, possibly Greystoke, with figures to foreground, canvas 34 cm x 41 cm, in walnut frame and glazed (see illustration).

Sold for £500

A pair of early 20th colour prints, portrait of Mary Queen of Scots and Mary Queen of England, each 24 cm x 17 cm, in ebonised and gilt frames and glazed.

Sold for £300

19th century oil painting, country church with cattle to foreground, oak panel 23.5 cm x 36.5 cm, in rosewood frame.

Sold for £550

Thomas Kitchin, coloured engraving, " An Accurate Map of Carmarthenshire", 36 cm x 54 cm, in later ebonised and bevelled frame and glazed.

Sold for £60

A 19th century grissaille watercolour, " Dacre Castle Cumberland", 17 cm x 25 cm, titled and dated September 9th 1950, in later frame and glazed.

Sold for £300

A pair of 19th century oil paintings, portraits of Sir William Howard third son of 24th Earl of Arundel, together with his wife Mary Stafford, canvases 77 cm x 64 cm, the former with Charles Robertson label verso, in gilt frames (see illustration).

Sold for £800

Julian Barrow, oil painting, portrait of Catherine Howard after the original by Hans Holbein the younger, canvas 71 cm x 50 cm, in grained and gilt frame, indistinctly inscribed to verso Julian Barrow.

Sold for £750

A Victorian woolwork, worked in colours with Howard armorial, 64 cm x 48 cm, in oak frame and glazed, with GP Abraham Ltd Keswick label verso (see illustration).

Sold for £360

Henry Stone after Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), oil painting, portrait of Sir Thomas Howard 27th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), canvas 120 cm x 101 cm, in ebonised frame (see illustration).

Sold for £4200

Tizian vitari Paczka (19th century continental), oil painting, portrait of Sir Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517- 1546), canvas 114 cm x 95 cm, signed and dated Florence 1888, in ebonised frame with Frederic B. Daniel Art Dealer label verso (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

David Morris after Hans Holbein (1497-1543), oil painting, portrait of Queen Anne Boleyn 1507-1536, canvas 79 cm x 66 cm, signed, dated 1981 and titled Anne Boleyn, in parcel gilt oak frame.

Sold for £750

18th century school, oil painting, portrait of Sir Phillip Howard 25th Earl of Arundel (1557- 1595), re-lined canvas 65 cm x 49 cm, in later ebonised frame (see illustration).

Sold for £2600

A set of Victorian cast iron balance scales on cast base, with loose pan and single weight. 43 cm high.

Sold for £10

A Regency military recruitment poster worded "Taunton, April 18th 1823 To All Ambitious and Spirited Young Men Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards", 43 cm x 27 cm, in ebonised frame.

Sold for £340

A 19th century poem " March of The Fell-Siders, a Parody?" printed by T. Hodgson, Herald Office Penrith, 28 cm x 21 cm, in ebonised frame and glazed.

Sold for £140

C. Bretherton, caricature print, Duke of Norfolk, 17.5 cm x 11 cm, dated in the plate 14th May 1782 and annotated to margin, in ebonised frame.

Sold for £300

An early 19th century caricature print, "A Scene in The Play of Chichester Politics, or the Borough Monger, caught in its own trap", 18 cm x 22 cm, in later wooden frame and glazed.

Sold for £280

A George III oak partners desk, the top inset with gilt tooled red leather, fitted with 9 graduated drawers to front, the reverse fitted with a central cupboard flanked by 8 graduated drawers, all on bracket feet, 77 cm x 158 cm x 94 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1600

A pair of brass electric table lamps, with slender baluster stands and circular bases, with shades, 82 cm high.

Sold for £260

A 19th century lignum vitae desk seal, the bronze oval matrix engraved "Greystoke Castle", 9 cm overall.

Sold for £190

A 19th century skull form Meerschaum pipe with silver plated collar, 15.5 cm long, in brown Morocco leather covered case.

Sold for £45

A late Victorian coopered oak cylindrical wastepaper basket, 28 cm high x 28 cm diameter.

Sold for £110

A 19th century figured mahogany and amboyna veneered lyre pattern wall timepiece, with 20 cm white enamelled dial, the trunk enclosed by a door inset with reverse printed glass panel depicting Phaeton, 122 cm high (see illustration).

Sold for £460

A pair of George III mahogany open armchairs of Sheraton design, with reeded cresting rails and uprights and geometric back, the seats upholstered in green cloth and raised on turned and reeded front legs (see illustration).

Sold for £700

An 18th century mahogany wing chair, with high back and splayed arms upholstered in studded brown hide, on cabriole front legs with pad feet (see illustration).

Sold for £650