fine art sale

3rd December 2009

Lot 698

A Moshvani runner.

Sold for £100

Lot 699

A Hamadan runner, with black ground and repeating medallion decoration, fringed ends and lined border. 310 cm x 112 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 700

A Hamadan runner, with centre panel decorated in pinks, green and blacks and with repeating line borders and fringed ends. 277 cm x 110 cm.

Sold for £150

Lot 701

A Kashan carpet, the centre rectangular panel decorated with repeating foliate designs against an iron red ground, in a variety of colours and with repeating line borders and fringed ends. 422 cm x 292 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 702

A Bakhtiara carpet, the centre rectangular panel decorated against the green ground in a variety of colours with repeating designs and with three line border and fringed ends. 340 cm x 236 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 703

A Heriz carpet, the centre panel decorated against the blue and green ground with repeating designs and with line borders and fringed ends. 338 cm x 255 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 704

A Hamadan carpet, principal colours blues and reds, with repeating borders and fringed ends. 310 cm x 205 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 705

A Grosvenor & Company Limited Kidderminster carpet, 12' x 10' 6", Persian design against a green ground.

Sold for £220

Lot 706

A Grosvenor & Company Limited Kidderminster carpet, 12' x 10' 6", Persian design against a green ground.

Sold for £160

Lot 707

A Persian design rug, with fringed ends, the burgundy ground decorated in repeating foliate patterns. 144 ins x 120 ins.

Sold for £60

Lot 707A

RUG

Sold for £300

Lot 708

A 19th century needlework sampler, Elizabeth Vaughn aged 10, Adam and Eve, trees, verse, birds and plants. 17.5 is x 12 ins, framed.

Sold for £160

Lot 709

An early 19th century sampler, by Alice Firth 1808, alphabet and numbers. 12 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Not Sold

Lot 710

A 19th century sampler, alphabet, numbers, trees and birds. 21 ins x 16 ins, signed "Burgh".

Sold for £100

Lot 711

An early 19th century sampler dated 1819, principally alphabet and numbers. 11.5 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Not Sold

Lot 712

A painting and needlework panel, a young girl in bonnet. 4.5 ins x 3.25 ins, framed.

Sold for £40

Lot 713

A silk embroidered panel, berries, leaves and branches. 19 ins x 14 ins, framed.

Sold for £50

Lot 714

An oriental three-quarter length jacket, decorated with exotic birds and flowers in a variety of coloured threads to a beige ground.

Not Sold

Lot 715

An early 19th century sampler, Mary Hargrave 1814, alphabet, numbers, verse and flowers. 14 ins x 13 ins, framed.

Sold for £200

Lot 716

A sampler, Elizabeth Sherman 1844, verse, birds, trees and repeating pattern. 15 ins x 14 ins, framed.

Not Sold

Lot 717

A Victorian sampler, principally alphabet, birds, ship and trees, by Henrietta Florence Thompson aged 11 born April 27th 1882. 15 ins x 15 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 718

A Victorian sampler, with repeating geometric foliate border with birds, shrubs, vases, verse, alphabet and numbers, by Elizabeth Walker aged 9 years. 18 ins x 16 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 719

A Georgian embroidered silk and bead fire screen, mounted in mahogany display frame.

Sold for £35

Lot 720

WITHDRAWN - A Kashmir woven silk rug in reds and green, central leaf motif with geometric foliate border. 1200 mm x 1800 mm.

Not Sold

Lot 721

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "In the Vale of Newlands near Keswick". 9.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1926 (see illustration).

Sold for £2400

Lot 722

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Derwentwater and Causey Pike from Broom Point". 10.5 ins x 15 ins, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

Lot 723

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Windermere and the Langdale Pikes". 10 ins x 14 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 724

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Buttermere with High Stile and High Pike". 10 ins x 14.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £800

Lot 725

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Wastwater". 8 ins x 10 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Lot 726

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Haweswater". 7 ins x 10 ins, in gilt frame, signed and dated 1928 (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Lot 727

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Ullswater". 5 ins x 9 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 728

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Grasmere". 8.5 ins x 10.5 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration)

Not Sold

Lot 729

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Derwentwater and Walla Crag". 7.5 is x 13.5 ins, in gilt frame, signed and dated 1929 (see illustration).

Sold for £620

Lot 730

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a pair of circular watercolours, "Derwentwater from Manesty". Each diameter 9.25 ins, in gilt frames, signed and dated 1924 (see illustration).

Sold for £1550

Lot 731

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Bassenthwaite and Wythop". 6.5 ins x 9 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £660

Lot 732

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Rydal". 5 ins x 7.75 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Lot 733

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Windermere from Wray". 9.5 ins 14 ins, in gilt frame, signed and dated 1928 (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Lot 734

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "A Summer Morning Coniston Water from the Beacon Crag". 13.5 ins x 8 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration)

Sold for £700

Lot 735

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Rydal". 13.5 ins x 19.5 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

Lot 736

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Crummock and Buttermere". 11.5 in x 17.5 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

Lot 737

Harry Sutton Palmer (1854-1933), a watercolour, "Windermere". 13.5 ins x 20 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £2450

Lot 738

Harry Sutton Palmer (1854-1933), a watercolour, "Rydal Water". 14 ins x 20 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1750

Lot 739

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), a watercolour, "Windermere from Wansfell looking South". 17 ins x 30 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration). NOTE - Cuthbert Rigby was a founder member of The Lakes Artists Society. He was also a member of The Royal Watercolour Society.

Sold for £480

Lot 740

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), a watercolour, "Bow Fell from Ling Moor". 21 ins x 29 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration). NOTE - Cuthbert Rigby was a founder member of The Lakes Artists Society. He was also a member of The Royal Watercolour Society.

Sold for £750

Lot 741

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), a watercolour, "On the South Downs". 19 ins x 28 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration). NOTE - Cuthbert Rigby was a founder member of The Lakes Artists Society. He was also a member of The Royal Watercolour Society.

Sold for £480

Lot 742

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), a watercolour, "River Kent near Kendal". 19.5 ins x 29 ins, in gilt frame signed (see illustration). NOTE - Cuthbert Rigby was a founder member of The Lakes Artists Society. He was also a member of The Royal Watercolour Society.

Sold for £480

Lot 743

David Gould (Fl. 1885-1930), a watercolour, "Stacking Bracken on Wansfell". 22 ins x 18 ins, in gilt frame, signed and dated 1907 (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 744

Fred Yates (1922-2008), a watercolour, "Rydal in Spring Time". 15 ins x 22 ins, in gilt frame (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 745

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Derwentwater from Castle Head". 4.75 ins x 7.75 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Lot 746

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "An Autumn Afternoon Ennerdale Lake from the road to the Anglers Hotel". 9.75 in x 14.5 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £1850

Lot 747

Donald A. Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), a pair of watercolours, "Dungeon Ghyll near Ambleside" and "Scale Force near Crummock Water". 9.75 ins x 7 ins and 9.5 ins x 6.5 ins respectively, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £550

Lot 749

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Ennerdale with Pillar". 6 ins x 11.75 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £850

Lot 750

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "The Gorse and the Blackthorn of early May, Threlkeld Moors near Keswick". 7 ins x 9.75 ins, signed and dated 1930 (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 751

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Early Spring Matterdale Common looking toward Ullswater". 7 ins x 9.75 ins, signed and dated 1930, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £780

Lot 752

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "A Quiet Morning, Ullswater". 7 ins x 9.75 ins, signed and dated 1930, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £780

Lot 753

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Thirlmere and Raven Crag". 11.25 ins x 17 ins, signed and dated 1923, mounted (see illustration)

Sold for £1250

Lot 754

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "From Green to Gold, October in Borrowdale near Rosthwaite". 13.75 ins x 19.75 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

Lot 755

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite and Skiddaw from above Lodore". 12 ins x 17.5 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £1800

Lot 756

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "River Derwent and Skiddaw from near Mary Mount". 9.5 ins x 8.75 ins, signed and dated 1925, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £920

Lot 757

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Windermere and the Langdale Pikes from Beeches Corner". 6.75 ins, 10 ins, signed and dated 1928, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Lot 758

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Bassenthwaite, Skiddaw and Ullock Fell from Dubwath". 7 ins x 9.75 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £650

Lot 759

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "The Dalesmans Hunting Ground Scafell from Great Gable with Styhead Tarn". 12 ins x 17.5 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £3400

Lot 760

Donald A. Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), a watercolour, "Evening Light, Rydal Water from the River Rothay". 7 ins x 10 ins, signed and dated 1924, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £950

Lot 761

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a circular watercolour, "Fitful Breezes, Windermere and the Langdale Pikes from Brady Rocks". Diameter 8.25 ins, signed and dated 1922, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £360

Lot 762

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Castle Crag and the River Derwent". 8.5 ins x 10 ins, signed, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £660

Lot 763

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Sunset over Solway". 6.5 ins x 9.5 ins, signed and dated 1923, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £860

Lot 764

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), an early watercolour, figure looking over Coniston Water. 7 ins x 10 ins, signed and dated 1913, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £210

Lot 765

Henry Wilkinson (1921-present), a limited edition coloured etching 15/75, spaniels. 11 ins x 12.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £70

Lot 766

W.H. Finch (19th century British), a watercolour, thatched cottages in rural landscape. 10 ins x 13.5 ins, signed.

Sold for £85

Lot 767

Edward Arden (1847-1910), a watercolour, a waterfall and mountain scene. 8.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £65

Lot 768

Sir John James Stewart of Allanbank (1779-1849), a watercolour, "Port Bannatyne, Bute". 3.5 ins x 5 ins, framed, with label verso.

Not Sold

Lot 769

Arthur Reginald Smith (1871-1934), a watercolour, a building by a river. 13 ins x 7.5 ins, mounted, signed.

Sold for £65

Lot 770

William J. Hill, a watercolour, "The Fortune Teller". 15 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £150

Lot 771

F.E. Jamieson (Fl. 1910-1940), an oil painting on canvas, a highland scene. 16 ins x 23 ins, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Lot 772

Harold Copping (1863-1932), a watercolour, "No Room at the Inn". 28 ins x 19.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £250

Lot 773

Two Mayson of Keswick fox hunting photographs, "The Eskdale and Ennerdale Fox hounds at Wasdale Head" and "Fox Hunting Newlands, The Blencathra Fox Hounds", tinted. 11 ins x 15 ins.

Sold for £210

Lot 774

A Victorian oileograph, a cat and kittens in barn. 10.5 ins 14.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £10

Lot 775

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Bassenthwaite Lake". 7 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1928 (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 776

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Bassenthwaite Lake and Skiddaw from Dubwath". 6.5 ins x 13.5 ins, framed, signed and with original label verso with inscription "Given me by Phil 1941" (see illustration).

Sold for £900

Lot 777

William Langley (1852-1922), an oil painting on canvas, "Dawn of Day, Strafford on Avon". 29 ins x 49 ins, in original ornate giltwood and gesso frame, inscribed verso (see illustration).

Sold for £340

Lot 778

Gerald Cooper (1898-1975), an oil painting on canvas, still life, "Iris, Sweet William and Other Flowers in a Silver Bowl on a Stone Ledge" 28 ins x 36 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £2400

Lot 779

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Wild Hyacinths, Bassenthwaite Lake". 10 ins x 16 ins, framed, signed, bearing label verso "Covington Fine Arts Gallery".

Sold for £800

Lot 780

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Kirkstone Pass". 10 ins x 16 ins, signed, with original label verso "The Ruddings, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth" and "Convington Fine Arts Gallery" label also.

Sold for £1000

Lot 781

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Dubwath looking to Armathwaite at Night". 9.5 ins x 13.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1928 (see illustration).

Sold for £3100

Lot 782

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Veiled Light on the Marshland at the Head of the Solway Firth". 7.5 ins x 11.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1850

Lot 783

Donald Southern, a watercolour, "Derwentwater". 8.5 ins x 15 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 784

Donald Southern, a watercolour, "St. Michael's Church, Workington". 14 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed and dated 1968 (see illustration).

Sold for £280

Lot 785

After Keith Shackleton, an artists proof and print, "The Albatross" and Bewick Swans", the former signed.

Sold for £50

Lot 786

Bryan Conway (prize winner 1994 Society of Equestrian Artists), an oil painting, a ploughing scene. 22 ins x 27 ins, in gold frame.

Not Sold

Lot 787

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Derwentwater". In gilt frame, signed and dated 1929.

Sold for £400

Lot 788

Albert Rosser, a watercolour, "Millfield, Workington". 6 ins x 9.5 ins framed, signed and dated 1921.

Sold for £60

Lot 789

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Marshes on the Upper Solway". 7.5 ins x 10 is, framed, signed and dated 1928 (see illustration).

Sold for £920

Lot 790

Len Roope, a watercolour, life study of a female figure reclining. 13 ins x 17.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Lot 791

Len Roope, a watercolour, life study of a reclining female figure. 11 ins x 17 ins, signed and dated 1991 (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Lot 792

Len Roope, a watercolour, life study of a nude female figure. 17 ins x 11 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 793

A John Rocque map of Cumberland, circa 1769. 8 ins x 6.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £32

Lot 794

A 19th century watercolour, "Calder Abbey June 1852". 9.5 ins x 13.5 ins, in rosewood frame (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 795

A George III map, "Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake near Keswick Cumberland". 9 ins x 17 ins, framed, printed by Peter Crossthwaite 1794.

Sold for £60

Lot 796

Michael Bennett, an oil painting on board, "Figure/Wave Study No. 2". 6 ins x 7 ins, framed, signed and inscribed verso "dated March 81 (1981)" (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Lot 797

Michael Bennett, an oil study on board, "Pale Landscape with Figure and Moon". 5.5 ins x 7 ins, framed, signed and dated 1980 inscription verso (see illustration).

Sold for £270