fine art sale

25th June 2009

Lot 568

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Derwentwater from Walla Cragg". 12 ins x 17.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1924 (see illustration).

Sold for £2100

Lot 569

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), an oil painting on canvas, "A Spring Morning Grange Borrowdale". 10 ins x 13.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1908 verso (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 570

William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931), an etching, "Whitby". 5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed in pencil (see illustration).

Sold for £250

Lot 571

Two Indian prints, a hunting scene and religious figure, each framed.

Sold for £24

Lot 573

An oil painting on canvas, two cherubs one holding a vase the other a basket of flowers. 21 ins x 18 ins, framed.

Sold for £90

Lot 575

Cook (19th Century British), an oil painting on canvas, two young boys smoking. 15.5 ins x 11 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £50

Lot 577

G. Grey 19th century British, a pair of oil paintings on canvas, English country landscapes, one with church and another a meadow on the banks of a river with sheep and shepherd, in gilt foliate frames, signed and dated 1878 (see illustration).

Sold for £580

Lot 578

William McEvoy FL 1858-1880 Irish, an oil painting on canvas of an extensive rural landscape with drover driving cattle across a bridge towards a cottage. 13.5 ins x 23.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

Lot 580

J. Kinnison, an oil painting on canvas, an estuary scene. 11.5 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £55

Lot 581

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, a young girl holding a cat. 13.5 ins x 11 ins, in gilt frame.

Sold for £50

Lot 582

Two framed prints, one after Gainsborough. Each 16 ins x 12 ins, in papier mache frame.

Sold for £68

Lot 583

Thomas Bailey Griffin (1858-1918) American, an oil painting on canvas, a river and mountain scene. 20 ins x 16 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Lot 584

Two framed oiliographs, portraits. Each approximately 14 ins x 12 ins, framed.

Sold for £35

Lot 585

After Lionel Edwards, a set of five sporting prints, "The Unlucky Man", "Water", "Returning Home", "On the Way to the Meet" and "Rails". Each 11 ins x 27 ins, framed, copyright Lawrence & Jellicoe, Covent Garden, London and each in oak frame.

Sold for £250

Lot 586

Cecil Aldin, a signed print, a humorous fox hunting scene. 16 ins x 25 ins, in oak frame, dated 1900 and signed in pencil.

Sold for £190

Lot 587

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Bowness Knott Ennerdale". 10 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £280

Lot 588

J. Burrows, a watercolour, "Blencathra and Derwentwater". 7 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £20

Lot 589

After T. Allon, three 19th century engravings, "Carlisle Castle", "Naworth Castle" and "Corby Castle". Each 4 ins x 6 ins, framed.

Sold for £20

Lot 590

Davey Brown, an oil painting on board, "Church at Sarteano (Tuscany)". 16 ins x 16 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £440

Lot 595

Marshall, Scottish School, oil painting on board, lake scene. 15 ins x 22 ins, signed.

Sold for £150

Lot 598

W.G. Bell (Bill), a pastel, "Pigeon Flyer". 13 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £120

Lot 599

W.G. Bell (Bill), a pastel, "Children with Geese". 14 ins x 20 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £200

Lot 600

W.G. Bell (Bill), a pastel, "Feeding the Hens". 13 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £360

Lot 601

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Allonby Cumberland". 8.5 ins x 12.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974 (see illustration).

Sold for £440

Lot 602

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Chapel Bank Workington". 9.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1973 (see illustration).

Sold for £270

Lot 605

A 19th century Chinese gouache on silk, flowers in a vase. 27 ins x 18 ins, signed.

Sold for £180

Lot 606

A watercolour, still life of an oriental bowl and books. 13.5 ins x 9 ins, framed, initialled M.E.C. and dated 1919.

Sold for £75

Lot 608

A set of eight French animalier prints, including "Le Lynx De Canada", "Le Sanglier De'Afrique", etc., after C.F. Fritzsh. Each diameter 8.5 ins x 6.5 ins, in walnut veneered frames.

Sold for £78

Lot 609

A pair of Baxter prints, view on the Rhine. Each 5 ins x 6.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £10

Lot 610

F.E. Jamieson, an oil painting on canvas, a highland loch scene. 19.5 ins x 29 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Lot 611

Five 19th century landscape panels, possibly watercolours, rural scenes, four numbered verso. 24 ins x 33.5 ins, unframed (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Lot 612

A Cary map of Westmorland, "A Map of Westmoreland from the Best Authorities Engraved by J. Cary", hand coloured. 15.5 ins x 19 ins in Hogarth frame.

Sold for £40

Lot 615

A set of seven early 19th century hand coloured engravings, floral studies, J. Curtis Del Weddell Sculpt, various numbers. 9 ins x 9.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £70

Lot 616

A set of four eastern watercolours, seated figures, possibly Iranian and/or Sikh. Each 5.5 ins x 7 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £740

Lot 619

A pair of pencil drawings, a young Indian girl and an eastern gentleman, both dated 1856. 15 ins x 12 ins, in Victorian rosewood veneered frames with gilt slip.

Sold for £100

Lot 620

A 19th century watercolour, farm in a mountainous landscape. 19 ins x 13 ins, framed.

Sold for £50

Lot 621

A set of four 19th century coloured engravings, "Black Faced Bunting Female", "Pencilled Chinese Pheasant Female", "Painted Pheasant Female", "Wax Bill". Each 8 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Sold for £20

Lot 622

After Abraham Cooper RA, a pair of 19th century steel engravings by H.C. Shenton, "A Days Sport in the Highlands" and "Deer Stalkers". Each 9.5 ins x 12 ins, framed and printed by Cassell & Company Limited.

Sold for £95

Lot 623

A pair of 19th century hand coloured botanical studies, "Narcis Ivncifoldvs". Each 13 ins x 8.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £80

Lot 624

W.H. Sweet, a watercolour of a harbour scene. 14 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Sold for £160

Lot 627

A Victorian watercolour, shorthorn cattle. 8.5 ins x 11 ins, in oak frame.

Sold for £10

Lot 630

A pair of French painted wooden panels, each of rectangular form, hand painted with roses and ribbons, with gilt corner spandrels. Height 52 ins, width 21 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Lot 631

Man Ray, a signed print, abstract design. 15 ins x 11 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £110

Lot 632

An oil painting on canvas, an interior study, chairs, tables and still life. 23 ins x 19 ins, unframed.

Sold for £95

Lot 634

John Gifford (19th century), three hunting dogs in highland landscape with black game. 28 ins x 36 ins, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £3500

Lot 635

Gianni (Italian early 20th century), four oval watercolours, The Bay of Naples, various views. 11.5 ins x 14.5 ins, framed (see illustration). NOTE - these paintings are either by Y. or M. Gianni but being oval and mounted display no visible signature which may be under the mount.

Sold for £650

Lot 636

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Dearham Church". 17 ins x 23 ins, framed, signed and dated 1926 (see illustration).

Sold for £3600

Lot 637

Albert Rosser, a watercolour, "Buttermere and Honister Cragg". 7 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Lot 638

Albert Rosser, a watercolour, "Bassenthwaite and Skiddaw". 4 ins x 6 ins, framed signed with initials and dated 1963.

Sold for £80

Lot 639

A Victorian crystoleum, a woman painting at an easel.

Sold for £38

Lot 640

John W. Mossop, an oil painting, "Wastwater". 6.75 ins x 8 ins, framed, signed on the mount and bearing label verso for Lancashire Art Exhibition Harris Museum & Art Gallery Preston.

Sold for £100

Lot 641

G.S. McDonald, an oil on board, "Auld Cullen". 26 ins x 16 ins, signed and dated '68.

Sold for £45

Lot 642

A still life, oil on board, fruit. 30 ins x 25 ins, signed.

Sold for £40

Lot 643

Scottish School, oil on canvas, Edwardian, "Turneresque", ocean liner and tug in mist. 25 ins x 21 ins, in gilt frame.

Sold for £150

Lot 643A

A photograph, "The Kirkstile Inn".

Sold for £65

Lot 644

A Victorian walnut veneered regulator wall clock, with American movement, two-train, with Roman numerals and with marquetry case with glazed door and scroll foot.

Sold for £100

Lot 648

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany mantle clock, with circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals.

Sold for £30

Lot 649

A miniature half tester bed, mahogany veneered. Width 7 ins.

Sold for £20

Lot 650

A coromandelwood stationery casket, with metal bindings. Width 9 ins.

Sold for £100

Lot 652

A George III mahogany brass bound square box. Width 7 ins.

Sold for £70

Lot 653

A collection of three boxes, one with parquetry top, another burr walnut and the third inlaid.

Sold for £30

Lot 654

A George III mahogany tea caddy, inlaid and with canted angles.

Sold for £50

Lot 655

A collection of four boxes, one with chinoiserie decoration, another painted with a yachting scene, a third with an aeroplane and the fourth a courting couple.

Sold for £30

Lot 656

Two oriental inlaid mother of pearl boxes, each decorated with panels of figures and buildings.

Sold for £25

Lot 657

A box of dominoes, with cribbage board top in bone, together with an olive wood bound book of Jerusalem and a composition red lacquer casket.

Sold for £45

Lot 658

A carved wooden casket, containing a quantity of petrol lighters.

Sold for £18

Lot 659

A painted box, late 19th century, probably Russian, decorated with a bear hunting scene. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £28

Lot 660

A Victorian gilt brass clock garniture, the clock with architectural stepped pediment, with centre finial with further finial to each corner above the circular dial with Arabic numerals within a gilt framework and two-train movement, flanked by Corinthian columns and with swag beneath and raised on a rectangular base and with conforming urn and stand pedestals. Height of clock 20 ins, width 11 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Lot 661

A late 19th/early 20th century inlaid rosewood mantle clock, with stylised boxwood inlay and with silvered brass dial with Arabic numerals and two-train movement and raised on a rectangular stepped base and short bun feet. Height 17 ins, with 12 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £340

Lot 662

A large pair of George III style mahogany peat buckets, with brass bindings and handles and with brass liners, with spiral moulded bodies and embossed shell cartouche, reproduction. Height 26 ins, diameter 21 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1400

Lot 663

A French figural mantle clock, with female figure and harvest emblems and with circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals and two-train movement by Japy Freres, raised on an oval marble plinth and gilt base with porcelain panels and with glass dome. Width of clock 16 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Lot 664

A French brass carriage clock, circa 1910, with carrying handle, enamelled dial with Roman numerals and on rectangular stepped base. Height 5.5 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 665

A late 19th/early 20th century pewter framed mirror, with oval bevelled glass, the frame embossed with fruit and branch and with inlaid mother of pearl butterfly.

Sold for £280

Lot 666

A walnut framed mirror, with bevelled glass, the frame being berry and foliate carved. Width 36 ins.

Sold for £70

Lot 667

A 19th century single fusee mantle clock, with rosewood case, with silvered brass dial with Roman numerals and single-train movement, on stepped base. Width 7.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Lot 668

A 19th century shibayama cabinet, with pierced rear pediment above two open shelves, with panel beneath decorated with figures, birds and buildings, with aperture below, flanked on either side by a canted angled cupboard decorated with storks and bamboo in mother of pearl, bone and/or ivory. Width 23.5 is.

Sold for £210

Lot 669

A gilt spelter and porcelain French mantle clock, with flaming torch and quiver mount above the blue porcelain dial with Roman numerals and two-train movement, with cherub panel beneath, raised on a shaped base and short feet. Width 10.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Lot 670

A thirty-hour clock movement, by Satterthwaite St. Bees, with date aperture, the movement of bird cage type. Width 11 ins.

Sold for £290

Lot 671

A Victorian mahogany wall mounting cabinet, with pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves. Width 17 ins.

Sold for £45

Lot 672

A Victorian mahogany fall front coal receiver, with brass carrying handle.

Sold for £10

Lot 673

A pitch pine rectangular casket only, mahogany casket - WITHDRAWN

Sold for £10

Lot 674

An inlaid mahogany rectangular casket, boxwood strung and raised on bracket feet, together with a jewellery or specimen box of rectangular form inlaid with initials "MPR".

Sold for £28

Lot 675

A 19th century Black Forest jewellery casket, carved to the lid with pheasant and with hinging mechanism opening to a fitted interior of four drawers and with plinth base. Width 10 ins.

Sold for £65

Lot 676

An Edwardian aneroid barometer, with inlaid mahogany case with Anthemion ribbon and bellflower ornament, with alcohol thermometer and circular barometer, diameter 8 ins, with silvered brass dial inscribed "A.R. Baines Optician Harrogate" (see illustration).

Sold for £170

Lot 677

A Victorian twin-weight Vienna regulator wall clock, with walnut and ebonised case, with turned finials and arched top to the case, with arched glazed door enclosing the enamelled dial with Roman numerals and two-train weight driven movement. NOTE - this clock is sold with a receipt of purchase in the sum of £530.

Sold for £200

Lot 678

A French black slate and marble mantle clock, with bronze coloured metal figural pediment above the architectural case, with circular dial with incised Roman numerals and two-train movement by W. Armstrong, Paris. Width 14.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £230

Lot 679

A French variegated yellow marble mantle clock, 19th century, with bronze male figural mount above the architectural case, the face bezel in the form of a mythical creature and with silvered dial with Roman numerals and two-train movement, the whole raised on short scroll feet. Width 9.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Lot 681

A 19th century French serpentine fronted miniature chest, with birds eye maple panel and crossbanded top with serpentine front edge above three drawers with ormolu handles and lock escutcheons with oval porcelain panels, with shaped apron beneath flanked by canted angles and raised on sabot feet. Width 14 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £530

Lot 686

A William IV rosewood library book rack, with fretwork back and sides, fitted with a single drawer with writing surface and aperture for inkwell and with wooden knob handle and raised on short metal feet. Width 15.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £680

Lot 687

A pair of Victorian mahogany oval dressing table mirrors, each set with downswept scroll feet.

Sold for £35

Lot 689

A pair of oak foliate carved small stools. Each width 12 ins.

Sold for £25

Lot 690

A walnut framed Chippendale style mirror, with pierced fretwork mount with centre fleur-de-lys, the mirror frame of shaped outline and with applied foliate carved gilt mouldings. Width 16.5 ins.

Sold for £160

Lot 691

A William IV rosewood stool, of shaped outline with upholstered top, exposed show frame and raised on four cabriole legs (see illustration).

Sold for £190

Lot 692

A Victorian walnut twin weight Vienna regulator wall clock, with cast horse finial above the pierced and turned pediment, with arched glazed door beneath enclosing the ivorine dial and two-train weight driven movement, flanked by half round fluted and turned pilasters and with conforming base.

Sold for £180

Lot 693

An early Victorian rosewood stool, the circular top upholstered in foliate patterned material above the faceted column with circular base beneath raised on three short scroll feet.

Sold for £80

Lot 694

An oak and yew wood cabinet, wall mounting, having an open shelf above two short and one long drawer with brass drop handles and with pair of panelled cupboard doors beneath. Width 18 ins.

Sold for £75

Lot 695

A Victorian jewellery box, of rectangular from with applied metal mounts.

Sold for £22

Lot 696

An inlaid mahogany square revolving table bookcase, being boxwood strung and with four open apertures. Width 11 ins.

Sold for £65

Lot 697

A Seth Thomas American four glass mantle clock, with rococo style canopied pediment above the four glass case enclosing the circular enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and two-train movement inscribed "Seth Thomas" and with glass weighted pendulum and with conforming base. Height 15 ins, width 8 ins.

Sold for £190

Lot 699

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany mantle clock, with single-train movement, Roman numerals and bellflower decorated case.

Sold for £12