antiques & fine art sale

7th - 9th September 2022

To include the principal contents of Howard House, Great Corby, Carlisle

You can bid on this sale online, by leaving bids with Mitchells in person, by email upto 9.30 am on the day of the sale ([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

VIEWING:  Sunday 4th September 11 am to 3 pm, Monday 5th September 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 6th September 10 am to 5 pm - Also throughout each sale day

Day 1 Wednesday 7th September at 10.00 am - Lots 1-421

Day 2 Thursday 8th September at 10.00 am - Lots 422-840

Day 3 Friday 9th September at 10.00 am - Lots 841-1305

Lot 398

An early 20th century French brass carriage clock, with alarm, with porcelain dial. Height excluding carrying handle 12 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 399

A fine late 19th century French carriage clock, with Sevres style jewelled porcelain panels with both alarm and repeat mechanism. Height excluding carrying handle 14 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1450

Lot 400

A collection of four small carriage clocks, with the makers names Matthew Norman London, Angilus and Churchill quartz, all with white enamel dials, various sizes.

Sold for £110

Lot 401

A collection of four brass carriage clocks, each with white enamel face and dial, all +/- 11 cm high.

Sold for £40

Lot 402

A Mappin & Webb brass oval carriage clock, together with a second carriage clock with no makers name. Each +/- 12 cm high.

Sold for £60

Lot 403

A 19th century French bronze mantle clock, with portrait panel beneath the two train striking movement and dial, marked Howell a Paris, and with further Sevres type porcelain panels. Height 27 cm, width 28 cm, depth 14 cm, complete with key and pendulum (see illustration).

Sold for £190

Lot 404

A walnut framed aneroid barometer with mercury thermometer. Height 59 cm, diameter 23 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £40

Lot 405

A small Edwardian inlaid mahogany hanging corner cupboard, with spindled upper and lower gallery. Height 46 cm, width 31 cm, depth 16 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 405A

A Vienna style walnut regulator wall clock, with two train striking movement. Height 73 cm, width 37 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 406

A gilt framed bevel edged mirror. External dimensions 142 cm x 110 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 407

A fine hand knotted Persian Kashan carpet. 402 cm x 292 cm.

Estimated: £400 - £600

Lot 408

An early 20th century hand knotted Iranian carpet from the Mahal/Sarog region. 3.75 m x 3.10 m (see illustration).

Estimated: £800 - £1200

Lot 409

A fine hand knotted Persian carpet from the Mashad region in Iran. 4 m x 3 m.

Estimated: £400 - £600

Lot 410

A fine hand knotted Persian carpet from the Kashan region. 3.1 m x 2 m.

Sold for £340

Lot 411

No lot.

Lot 412

A 19th century sampler 1837 "Hannah Lamb Her Work Aged 13" depicting floral and bucolic rural symbols. 50 x 26 cm.

Sold for £130

Lot 413

A Kelim rug, 102 cm x 60 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Lot 414

A 19th century sampler Mary Hunt 1842, in rosewood frame. 33 cm x 19 cm.

Sold for £140

Lot 415

A pair of Eastern silky pile fringed rugs, decorated with various birds, trees and foliage and with multiple line border, principle colours beige, blue and red. Each 200 cm x 140 cm.

Estimated: £1200 - £1800

Lot 416

A Persian design rug, with signature, the centre rectangular panel decorated with vases, scrolls and foliage and with multiple line border, principle colours beige, blue and pink. 212 cm excluding fringes x 140 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 417

A Persian design woollen rug, the centre rectangular panel decorated with vases and foliage with multiple line border, principle colours beige, brown and blue. 220 cm x 142 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 418

A pair of woollen rugs, Persian design with fringed ends. 106 cm x 112 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 419

A traditional sampler on linen, Sarah Wilson 1993. 51 cm x 40 cm, framed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 420

A Victorian stump work picture, roses and other flower heads. 53 cm x 55 cm, in gilt frame.

Sold for £30

Lot 421

An antique Tabriz carpet, woven in pale blue and tan with central double floral double headed medallion, spandrels and filler motifs on a dark blue ground within conforming border. 398 cm x 287 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 422

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), a Cumbrian landscape watercolour. 20 x 29 cm, Castlegate House, Cockermouth Cumbria Gallery label verso, this is also inscribed on a label verso "This painting is the work of my father Percy Kelly, signed Brian R A Kelly. ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £5000

Lot 422A

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), an ink wash illustrated letter looking from Parton to Moresby showing the slag bank and Moresby Church. Dated 11 February 1984. 28 x 40 cm, framed and signed Percy. NOTE: Illustrated in "Cumbrian Brothers" by David Cross. ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £3600

Lot 422B

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), watercolour Crummock and Melbreak. 20 x 28 cm, framed. ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £2100

Lot 422C

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), watercolour trawler CA56. 28 x 21 cm, framed, signed. ARR. NOTE: Illustrated in "Cumbrian Brothers" by David Cross (see illustration).

Sold for £2200

Lot 423

Pat Cleary, yellow cat, signed lower right, oil on board. 55 x 70 cm. Label verso reads "Yellow Cat Pat Cleary £36" (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 424

Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1892), sheep in a snowbound winter landscape, bears signature lower left, oil on board. 20 x 25 cm.

Sold for £420

Lot 425

Trevor Boyer (b. 1948), a long tailed tit sitting on a branch, signed lower right, watercolour and gouache. 9.5 x 19.5 cm.

Sold for £200

Lot 426

Francis E Jamieson (1895-1950), view of a harbour, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 40 x 60 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Lot 427

Francis E Jamieson (1895-1950), a coastal view at dusk, oil on canvas. 39 x 60 cm.

Sold for £260

Lot 428

Charles Leslie (1839-1886), an expansive Highland view, signed lower right, dated 1875, oil on canvas. 34 x 70 cm.

Sold for £190

Lot 429

Francis E Jamieson (1895-1950), The Highlands at dusk, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 40 x 59 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 430

A 19th century oil painting on canvas portrait of a gentleman, oval and with plaque to frame "Frederick Besch" by Samuel Laurence in gilt frame. 57 cm x 47 cm.

Estimated: £250 - £300

Lot 431

John Shapland, watercolour "Exmouth" circa 1907. 18 cm x 53 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £70

Lot 432

G White, oil on canvas of a steam locomotive. 46 cm x 71 cm, unframed, signed and dated 1979.

Sold for £70

Lot 433

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

Sold for £55

Lot 434

A 19th century oil painting on canvas of an Eastern figure seated reading. 61 cm x 51 cm, unframed.

Sold for £100

Lot 435

William Dodd, a collection of watercolours and an oil (4), depicting a variety of woodland, coastal and landscape scenes, various sizes.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 436

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), "Spring", watercolour with The Fine Arts Society label verso. 48 x 58 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £400 - £600

Lot 437

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), A View of A River Valley, watercolour over pencil, signed and inscribed beneath the mount lower left. 27 x 36 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £250 - £350

Lot 438

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), View of an Expansive Woodland Landscape, signed lower right, watercolour over pencil. 27 x 36 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £250 - £350

Lot 439

Octavius Oakley (1800-1867), watercolour "The Hurdy Gurdy Boys". 62 cm x 46 cm, framed and with Richard Naworth Dealer in Works of Art label verso.

Sold for £700

Lot 440

Donald A Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), a watercolour "In The Grip Of Winter" amongst the fells Ard Lui Lomond. 34 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £100

Lot 441

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, sheep in landscape. 33 cm x 52 cm, framed.

Sold for £250

Lot 442

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour The Lodore Hotel Derwentwater. 22 cm x 47 cm, framed, signed and dated 1919.

Sold for £200

Lot 443

Heinz Mack (born 1931), Silber Flugel" embossed aluminium, signed, framed. ARR.

Sold for £100

Lot 444

Emile Schumacher (1912-1999), a limited edition etching, untitled 57/150. 55 cm x 42 cm including margins, framed, signed in pencil. ARR.

Sold for £120

Lot 445

Jenny Reynish, watercolour "Eastern Palace" with mythical birds. 24 cm x 19 cm, framed, signed and dated 2001.

Sold for £50

Lot 446

Jenny Reynish, watercolour "Patchwork Design". 75 cm x 54 cm, framed, signed and dated 1999.

Sold for £30

Lot 447

Susan H Glassford, watercolour cottage and buildings in landscape. 42 cm x 51.5 cm, framed, signed and dated 1998.

Sold for £30

Lot 448

No lot.

Lot 449

No lot.

Lot 450

No lot.

Lot 451

No lot.

Lot 452

Valentine Davies, a pastel ships in harbour. 34 cm x 45 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £95

Lot 453

Two pastel pictures, elegant female figure and lady with hat. Largest 41 cm x 33 cm, both indistinctly signed.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 454

Ferdinand Schimon (1797-1852), oil on canvas, portrait of a lady. 71 cm x 57 cm, signed and dated Perth 1842.

Sold for £360

Lot 455

Len Roope (1917-2005), a watercolour "Crummock Water Morning". 24.5 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed and dated 1977. ARR.

Sold for £180

Lot 456

Len Roope (1917-2005), a watercolour "Skiddaw From Embleton". 22 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed and dated 1978. ARR.

Sold for £140

Lot 457

Len Roope (1917-2005), a watercolour "Skiddaw Winter". 17 cm x 27 cm, framed, signed and dated 1977. ARR.

Sold for £140

Lot 458

Len Roope (1917-2005), a watercolour "Vale of Lorton Winter". 24 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed and dated 1978. ARR.

Sold for £140

Lot 459

Len Roope (1917-2005), a watercolour "Skiddaw From Embleton". 23 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed and dated 1978. ARR.

Sold for £190

Lot 460

Len Roope (1917-2005), a watercolour "Skiddaw From Embleton". 22 cm x 32 cm, framed, signed and dated 1978. ARR.

Sold for £80

Lot 461

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Old Lifeboat House Maryport". 19 cm x 29 cm, framed, signed and dated 1976. ARR.

Sold for £240

Lot 462

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Farm Near Camerton Cumberland". 23 cm x 34 cm, framed, signed and dated 1978. ARR.

Sold for £70

Lot 463

Elizabeth Garnet Orme, mixed media Kingfisher. 28 cm x 23 cm, framed, signed and dated 1986.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 464

Elizabeth Garnet Orme, "Owl Family" mixed media. 29 cm x 24 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 465

Oliver Hall, Bardsea signed watercolour. 26 x 37 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £200

Lot 466

Claude Muncaster (1903-1974), Llangothlin Dinas Bran, signed and dated 1944. 23 x 36 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £150 - £250

Lot 467

Claude Muncaster (1903-1974), The Western Isles "Breezy on the West Coast of Scotland", signed and dated 1937, watercolour, Abbot & Holder Ltd label verso. 23 x 27 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £250 - £350

Lot 468

19th century Eastern School, oil on board camel attendant and figures at a shrine. 42 cm x 53 cm, framed.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 469

No lot.

Lot 470

Rosetta Roberts, Crummock Water signed oil on canvas. 29 x 39 cm, exhibition label verso together with a second oil by the same hand titled "The Weather Forecast".

Sold for £100

Lot 471

Rosetta Roberts, a view of a yard during the winter, signed R Roberts dated 1963, oil on canvas inscribed verso on the stretcher Cowen Smithy House Dean, with James Bourlet & Sons Ltd label verso, 44 x 30 cm, and a house and yard study.

Sold for £35

Lot 472

Rosetta Roberts, a collection of works to include a pencil drawing titled "Xanadu" a watercolour of the exterior of a church, titled verso in pencil "The Small Door" and four still life drawings and oils, unframed by the same hand (6).

Sold for £20

Lot 473

Edwin Steele 1837-1898, still life of flowers roses and lilacs, signed lower right, oil on board. 17 x 36 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 474

Hedley Fitton (1859-1929), church interior signed in pencil in the margin lower right, etching. 42 x 29 cm (PL).

Sold for £50

Lot 475

Attributed to Philip Rideout, a coaching scene in a snowbound landscape, bears signature lower right. 14 x 22 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 476

British School late 19th century, flower girl with a red shawl and a basket on her arm, oil on canvas. 32 x 17 cm.

Sold for £160

Lot 477

Thomas C Bale (British School late 19th century), "The Village Barber", signed lower right and dated 1869, oil on panel. 14 x 18 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Lot 478

Elliott Haig Martin (1886-1910), Ullswater from Gowbarrow Fell, signed lower right, watercolour. 51 x 36 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 479

William Hunter, ROI (British, circa 1890-1967), chrysanthemums, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 49 cm x 39 cm, label verso inscribed in ink chrysanthemums William Hunter ROI 2, 9 St Vincent Street Glasgow C2. Also note - This painting maybe on canvas or canvas laid on board, the back has not been removed. ARR.

Sold for £320

Lot 480

In the manner of Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835), Napoleon visiting the pest house in Jaffa, oil on canvas. 64 cm x 78 cm.

Sold for £520

Lot 481

George Granger Smith, watercolour rural scene. 17 cm x 23 cm, framed, signed, together with a map of Northamptonshire and an oriental print, together with a Victorian print Little Miss Muffet.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Lot 482

M D Nisbet, oil on canvas, portrait of a young boy. 50 cm x 45 cm, glazed with gilt slip and original frame.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Lot 483

An oil painting on canvas, portrait of a lady, oval. 46 cm x 34 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Lot 484

Frank E Beresford, oil on panel study St Bartholemews. 34 cm x 22 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 485

Ludlow, watercolour probably Sir Archibald Hamilton. 24 cm x 16 cm, framed signed and dated 1928.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 486

J Van Couver, watercolour "Winter Dordrecht". 18 cm x 26 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 487

Gray, oil painting on wooden panel, Greenwich. 15 cm x 23 cm, framed, signed and dated 1922 verso.

Sold for £80

Lot 488

Hastings, watercolour portrait of lady with guitar. 35 cm x 30 cm, framed, signed and dated 1833.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 489

A watercolour woodland scene. 15 cm x 26.5 cm, framed, signed, under mount.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 490

A 19th century continental oil painting on canvas, interior tavern scene with violinist. 30 cm x 38.5 cm.

Estimated: £250 - £300

Lot 491

A 19th century American School oil on canvas, figures in North American landscape. 42 cm x 64 cm, framed, label verso "Damaged in the great explosion Halifax Nova Scotia December 1917".

Sold for £130

Lot 492

J.B. Anderson (early 20th century British), oil on canvas, portrait of a lady. 75 cm x 59 cm, framed, signed and dated 1916.

Sold for £120

Lot 493

C France, oil on canvas, cattle in landscape with estuary. 60 cm x 90 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Estimated: £450 - £600