fine art sale

10th September 2009

Lot 800

Donald Wood (Ex. 1931-1939), an oil painting on panel, figures and animals in a landscape. 5 ins x 8 ins, framed (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 801

S.C. Greenwood, a watercolour, "Quincy from Kyleska". 14 ins x 20 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £45

Lot 802

S.C. Greenwood, a watercolour, figures on a shore. 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £40

Lot 803

William Woodhouse (1857-1935), a pencil drawing, girl with a bull. 9.75 ins x 6.75 ins, with label verso "Chris Beetle's Limited English Watercolours St. James London" (see illustration).

Sold for £30

Lot 804

Robert Hills (1769-1844), a watercolour, cattle in an upland landscape". 4 ins x 5 ins, framed, with label verso "Moss Galleries" PROVENANCE - from the collection of the artists trustee John Gaile FSA and William Drummond 1977 (see illustration).

Sold for £160

Lot 805

D. Rothwell Bailey, two gouache paintings, "River Eden, Cumbria" and "Sheffield Pike, Ullswater". Each 5.5 ins x 6.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £210

Lot 806

Kershaw Schofield (circa 1875-1941), a watercolour, "Winter Dawn". 7 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Lot 807

Kershaw Schofield (circa 1875-1941), a watercolour, a group of trees. 7.5 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 808

Samuel John Lamorna Birch RA RWS (1869-1955), a watercolour, fishing boats. 2.75 ins x 2.75 ins, label verso "Christmas Greeting a Collection of Drawings and Watercolours expressing Christmas Greeting to A.L.D.W.M. Henry Woods Mayor of Preston 1895" (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Lot 809

Albert Salisbury Wood (Ex. 1896-1926), a watercolour, harbour scene. 3.75 ins x 5.75 ins, framed and with label verso (see illustration).

Sold for £85

Lot 810

Sheila Fell (1931-1979), a pastel, "Millers Farm, Aspatria". 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, with label verso "For Francis and Brian (Sharrow Bay) from Sheila September 1977" (see illustration).

Sold for £2200

Lot 811

Fred Lawson (1888-1968), a watercolour, "On a Country Lane". 16 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1914 (see illustration).

Sold for £120

Lot 812

Charles Oakley (1925-2008), mixed media principally watercolour, a Cumbrian landscape, circa 1950. 20 ins x 29.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £80

Lot 813

Ralph Waterhouse, a watercolour, Pied Wagtail. 7 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Lot 814

Henry Holiday (1839-1927), a pencil drawing, "Grasmere from Red Bank", circa 1869. 5 ins x 8.5 ins, framed. PROVENANCE - Moss Galleries label verso "From a Group of Drawings given to Holiday's Parents on their 32nd wedding Anniversary".

Not Sold

Lot 815

Edmund Becker (working 1780-1810), a pencil and watercolour drawing, "Windermere". 4.5 ins x 7.25 ins. PROVENANCE - Moss Galleries label verso.

Sold for £40

Lot 816

William Heaton Cooper, a watercolour, "Buttermere with Fleetwith Pike". 15 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed and dated 1972 (see illustration).

Sold for £780

Lot 817

Henry Holiday (1839-1927), a pair of pencil drawings, "Borrowdale from the Bowder Stone" and "Rydal Water". PROVENANCE - purchased from Moss Galleries from a signed and inscribed album.

Not Sold

Lot 818

D. Rothwell Bailey, a watercolour, "Dunmail Raise from Grasmere". 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £60

Lot 819

Bernard Eyre Walker (1887-1972), a watercolour, "Blencathra". 11 ins x 15 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £340

Lot 820

After Hans Potthof, a limited edition print, "Apres L'Orage", 27/150. 25 ins x 36 ins, framed, signed and with Christie's Contemporary Art label verso.

Sold for £20

Lot 821

An oil painting on panel, dog in landscape. 4.5 ins x 6.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £150

Lot 822

James William Stamper, a watercolour, "Lakeland Sheep". 13.5 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed and with label verso "James William Stamper Painter of Landscapes and Still Life Born Birmingham 1873".

Sold for £95

Lot 823

William Heaton Cooper, a watercolour, "Pillar". 6.5 ins x 8 ins, framed, signed and with label verso "Ian Dodgson Studio Arts Gallery, 6 Lower Church street, Lancaster" (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Lot 824

William Timlin (1893-1943), a watercolour, a tug 1913. 3.5 ins x 5 ins, framed, signed and with label verso "Archeus Fine Art".

Sold for £20

Lot 825

Emily Nicholson (Fl. 1842-1869), a watercolour, cattle in a river landscape. 6 ins x 11.5 ins, framed, signed with initials (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Lot 826

Charles Oakley, a gouache, a country house. 16 ins x 22 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £55

Lot 827

After T. Allom, five early 19th century engravings, "Crummock Water, Cumberland", "Bassenthwaite Lake looking South, Cumberland", "View of Ullswater looking towards Patterdale",. "Ullswater from Pooly Bridge" and "Carlisle". Each approximately 4.5 ins x 6 ins, in Hogarth frame.

Sold for £20

Lot 828

After T. Allom and others, five early 19th century coloured engravings, "Eamont Bridge from the Westmorland Side", "Loweswater from Waterend", "Kendal, Westmorland"., "View from Langdale Pikes looking South East, Westmorland" and "Keswick from Greta Bridge". Each approximately 4.5 ins x 6 ins, in Hogarth frame.

Sold for £40

Lot 829

After T. Allom and G. Pickering, five early 19th century coloured engravings, "Grisdale near Ullswater, Westmorland", "Goldrill Beck and Ullswater, Cumberland", "Brotherswater from Kirkstone Foot", "Clare Moss from Little Langdale Head" and "Carlisle Castle". Each approximately 4.5 ins x 6 ins, in Hogarth frames.

Sold for £38

Lot 830

After T. Allom and G. Pickering, six early 19th century coloured engravings, "Strammongate Bridge, Kendal", "Scout Scar near Kendal", "Whitehaven", "Wasdale Green", "Ferry House Regatta, Windermere" and "The Giant's Grave in the Churchyard at Penrith". Each approximately 4.5 ins x 6 ins, in Hogarth frame.

Sold for £38

Lot 831

After J.M.W. Turner, a pair of coloured engravings, "Keswick Lake" and "Whitehaven, Cumberland" 1837. Each image 6 ins x 9.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £15

Lot 832

A collection of five early 19th century coloured engravings, "Maryport Pier", "Allonby", "Maryport", "The Giant's Grave Churchyard, Penrith" and the "Solway (from Harrington Harbour)". Each approximately 5 ins x 6 ins, framed.

Sold for £40

Lot 833

Emile Bressler (1886-1966) Swiss, an oil painting on canvas, figures picking fruit with mountains beyond. 21 ins x 25 ins, framed, signed Bressler and dated '19 (1919) (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 834

An oil painting or gouache, a coastal scene with estuary and buildings beyond. 6 ins x 9 ins, framed.

Sold for £55

Lot 835

Fred Lawson (1888-1968), a watercolour, "Bolton Ghyl 1959". 9 ins x 9 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Lot 835A

Fred Lawson (1888-1968), a watercolour, a Yorkshire landscape. 9 ins x 13 ins, signed.

Sold for £90

Lot 836

Fred Lawson (1888-1968), a watercolour, "Tree at Redmire, Wensleydale". 10 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Lot 837

A pair of French prints, "Napoleon" and companion. Each 7 ins x 5.5 ins, framed and signed in pencil.

Sold for £110

Lot 838

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, Bassenthwaite with Skiddaw. 8 ins x 13.5 ins, framed and signed (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Lot 839

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, Windermere and The Langdale Pikes". 14 ins x 18 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £620

Lot 840

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Cockermouth, October Evening". 9 ins x 10 ins, mounted, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £270

Lot 841

Vernon Ward, an oil painting on panel, "The Sergeant Inn Village of Eglyswru near Fishguard South Wales". 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Lot 842

18th century English School, a pair of oil paintings on canvas, castles in landscapes with figures. Each 11 ins x 16 ins, framed (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 843

After Sir William Russell Flint, two signed prints, each signed artists proof, one entitled "Strange Interior Languedoc".

Sold for £180

Lot 844

A. Bryson, a pair of pastel dog portraits. Each 15 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974.

Sold for £120

Lot 845

Sheila Fell (1931-1979), a watercolour, rear of cottages Aspatria. 8.5 ins x 11 ins, mounted, signed in pencil on mount and dated July 1949 (see illustration).

Sold for £700

Lot 846

A seascape oil painting, men and boats in a storm, in gilt frame.

Sold for £35

Lot 847

P.A. Stewart, a watercolour, "Allonby", in gilt frame.

Sold for £25

Lot 848

Albert Rosser, a watercolour, a Lake District scene. 9 ins x 6.5 ins, in gilt frame.

Sold for £400

Lot 849

An aquatint, "Windermere", dated 1800 and signed Hassell.

Not Sold

Lot 850

T*J*B* (English School 19th century), a moorland landscape with young woman with child and dog holding a basket of heather on her head with an older woman following with bundle on back. 11.5 ins x 17.75 ins, signed with monogram and dated 71, in gilt frame (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 851

A Victorian oil painting on panel, still life.

Not Sold

Lot 852

An oil painting on board, portrait of a gentleman, inscribed verso "Believed to be Francis Johnson of Newcastle (Merchant) Married Eleanor Bowyer". 11 ins x 9.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £300

Lot 853

An oil painting on board, portrait of a lady, inscribed verso "Sarah Daughter of Francis and Eleanor Johnson Baptised at St. Nicholas Newcastle 16 April 1676". 11.5 ins x 9 ins.

Sold for £530

Lot 854

A John Speede map of Chester, "The Countye Palatine of Chester". 16 ins x 20 ins, framed.

Sold for £110

Lot 855

E. Baldlwin Wark, an oil painting on canvas, "Looking North West Towards Straits of Messina 1922". 21.5 ins x 25 ins.

Sold for £22

Lot 856

An oil painting on canvas, portrait of "John Dixon of Gatebeck & Hawkshead Died 1737". 24 ins x 21 ins, framed.

Sold for £170

Lot 857

A triptych, with prints including "Adoration of the Magi" by G. Schultz, "St. Ursula and her Virgins" and "The Annunciation", etc.

Sold for £50

Lot 858

An oil painting on canvas, portrait of a lady, "Sarah Johnson", oval, with gilt slip and frame. 28 ins x 23 ins, piece of canvas verso stating "Painted by Francis Crake" (see illustration).

Sold for £1050

Lot 859

An oil painting on canvas, portrait of "George Dixon Esq., Aykley Heads", oval, with gilt slip and frame. 28 ins x 23 ins, with piece of canvas verso "Francis Crake April 1711" (see illustration).

Sold for £1150

Lot 860

After Bernard Eyre Walker, an aquatint, "Twilight on the Torridge". 9 ins x 12 ins,framed, signed.

Sold for £20

Lot 861

After Arthur J. Elsley, a pair of late Victorian/Edwardian prints, children with puppies. 12 ins x 9 ins, framed.

Sold for £60

Lot 862

After Arthur J. Elsley, a print, "Good-Bye". 15 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Sold for £30

Lot 863

A Victorian oak candle stand, the octagonal top with applied moulded edge and centre turned column with three downswept legs. Width 13 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 864

A 19th century wooden stool, rectangular, raised on four angled legs of oval section.

Sold for £10

Lot 865

A late 19th century oak cased mantle clock, with German movement, the architectural case enclosing a silvered brass dial with Roman numerals and two-train striking movement. Width 11 ins. NOTE - this clock is sold with a copy invoice for £395 in respect of a recent restoration.

Sold for £130

Lot 866

An Edwardian mahogany and walnut mantle clock, circa 1910, with German movement, silvered brass dial to the shaped case, raised on short bun feet. Width 10 ins. NOTE - this clock is sold with a copy invoice for £300 in respect of a recent restoration.

Sold for £40

Lot 867

A fine pair of late 19th century Chinese Chippendale style giltwood and gesso fretwork mirrors, with castellated scroll and bird giltwood and gesso frame to the three mirror plates. Height 32 ins, width 66 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £2000

Lot 868

A French ebonised carriage clock, with brass carrying handle to the case, with rectangular enamelled dial with Roman numerals inscribed "Henri Marc Paris", with single-train movement. Height 8 ins.

Sold for £140

Lot 869

A Victorian rosewood inlaid mother of pearl sewing box, of sarcophagus form, raised on short ball feet. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £70

Lot 870

A Victorian rosewood wall clock, with American movement, the circular dial with Roman numerals signed W. Mayson Whitehaven, the case inlaid with mother of pearl.

Sold for £60

Lot 871

A late 19th century mantle clock, the stained wooden case with enamelled dial and Roman numerals, with two-train movement. Width 11.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 872

A late Victorian walnut aneroid barometer, made for Walker Workington by Smart & Mason.

Sold for £20

Lot 873

A 19th century mahogany barometer, with ivory finial between a swans neck pediment in turn above a hygrometer, alcohol thermometer, mirror, silvered brass dial and spirit level by Routledge Carlisle. Height 40 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 874

A 19th century Girandole mirror, with ornate shell and scroll pediment and with repeating moulding to the shaped frame, with three branch candelabra beneath. Width 32 ins, height 51 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 875

A 19th century oriental rouge marble topped hardwood stand.

Sold for £150

Lot 876

An Edwardian mahogany circular tray, with centre aperture for decanter and channel surrounding, brass handles. Width 20 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 877

A hanging corner cupboard, of small form, with panelled door, canted angles and wooden knob handle.

Sold for £40

Lot 878

A folding fire screen, with leather embossed front and side panels decorated with stylised flowers and leaves.

Sold for £50

Lot 879

A late Victorian mahogany cased bracket clock, with metal mounts, with acorn finial to the arched hood, with basket of flowers to front and with further finial to each corner above the arched glazed door enclosing the silvered brass dial with two-train clockwork movement, flanked by canted angles, with moulding below and raised on short scroll and paw feet. Width 14 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 880

An Edwardian inlaid rosewood triple fusee bracket clock, with arched pediment and with pineapple and urn finial to each corner in turn above the arched glazed door enclosing the silvered brass dial, with chime and silent and advance and retard mechanism to the arch, with triple fusee movement striking on gongs, flanked by bellflower ornament and ribbons, on stepped base and raised on gilt metal feet. Width 26 ins, height 24 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 881

A gilt framed mirror, of rococo style with rectangular mirror glass. Width 35 ins, height 48 ins.

Sold for £170

Lot 882

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany tantalus stand, fitted with three cut glass decanters, with apertures for glasses, with frieze drawer, being boxwood strung and with bat-wing spandrels.

Sold for £340

Lot 883

A pair of blackamoor stands, each with rectangular top with swag frieze supported by a male figure in waistcoat, with three scroll legs. Height 37 ins, width 14 ins.

Sold for £480

Lot 884

A gilt framed mirror, the oval mirror with scrolling rococo style frame. Width 30 ins, height 39 ins.

Sold for £120

Lot 885

A pair of gilt mirrors, oval, with bevelled glass and with applied metal mounts and with candelabra beneath.

Sold for £95

Lot 886

A pair of gilt framed mirrors, reproduction, with ribbon swags to the oval mirror with candelabra beneath.

Not Sold

Lot 887

A 19th century rectangular dressing table mirror, set between reeded angled supports and with downswept scroll legs.

Not Sold

Lot 888

A pair of Victorian foot stools, upholstered, with exposed moulded show frames and raised on short cabriole legs.

Not Sold

Lot 889

A Victorian walnut Vienna style twin weight regulator wall clock.

Sold for £240

Lot 890

A pair of 19th century Regency style gilt framed mirrors, each with spread eagle mount to the circular mirror frames with applied gilt wooden spheres, with scroll carved head and foot, of small proportions. Diameter 18 ins, height 31 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 891

A George III mahogany toilet mirror, the rectangular mirror with ebonised edge set between angled supports with brass handles and turned finials, the rectangular base fitted with two drawers with punched brass knob handles and raised on bracket feet. Width 24 ins.

Sold for £80

Lot 892

A 19th century mahogany barometer, circa 1850, with swans neck pediment above a hygrometer, alcohol thermometer, mirror, dial and spirit level, signed Emile Zuccani, 17 Mansell Street, Whitechapel (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 893

A Victorian mahogany toilet mirror, the arched mirror frame set between spiral twist carved and turned uprights to the serpentine base raised on short gadrooned feet. Width 28 ins.

Sold for £65

Lot 894

A Victorian mahogany miniature chest of drawers, the rectangular top above three long drawers with wooden knob handles, with shaped apron beneath and raised on splayed bracket feet. Width 11 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 895

A 19th century ice bucket, with metal liner to the mahogany bucket, with loop handle, with three brass bands.

Sold for £100

Lot 896

A French brass carriage clock, timepiece only, with enamelled dial with Roman numerals and engraved lion makers mark. Height 6 ins.

Sold for £30

Lot 897

A pair of Victorian mahogany circular footstools, with exposed moulded show frames raised on cabriole legs and with woolwork tapestry tops. Diameter 12 ins.

Sold for £150

Lot 898

A mahogany hearth footstool, circa 1930, with woolwork tapestry top and raised on cabriole legs.

Sold for £20