fine art sale

An oak cased canteen of six pairs of EPNS and ivorine fish knives and forks.

Sold for £20

A pair of Victorian silver plated fish servers, with lozenge registration marks to handles and a pierced blade and tines, together with a pair of silver plated wooden handled salad servers and a Victorian carving set.

Sold for £40

A pair of Victorian asparagus servers, dated 1883, with ivorine handle and with pierced blades, together with another pair by Walker & Hall and a pair of stag horn handled fish servers.

Sold for £100

A pair of Victorian silver plated fish servers, a silver plated cake slice and spoon and five pickle forks with ivory handles.

Sold for £30

A collection of six serviette rings, four silver, various makers various marks and two plated.

Sold for £45

A mahogany canteen, containing six pairs of silver plated hors d'oeuvre knives and forks with mother of pearl effect handles, together with six pairs of silver plated fish knives and forks.

Sold for £28

An Edwardian stag horn handled carving set, by Wheatley, Carlisle, with silver mounts, comprising steel, two knives and two forks in fitted case.

Sold for £95

A pair of stag horn handled fish servers, with plated tines and blade, in fitted presentation case.

Sold for £20

Three cases of cutlery, one containing twelve pairs of fish eaters, six cake knives by Viners Limited and an EPNS pickle set with hardwood handles.

Sold for £40

A late Victorian silver plated meat dish cover, oval, with fruiting vine handle to the engraved and lobed body, with oval plated tray matched beneath. Width 28 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A collection of four silver plated entree dishes, three oval, one rectangular.

Sold for £50

A silver plated ice bucket, of campana shape with carrying handle to either side and with silver plated stand.

Sold for £105

Two William IV Dublin silver spoons, Rat Tail, 1831, together with another Dublin spoon 1823 stamped "West".

Sold for £85

A Capstan inkwell, Birmingham 1933. Diameter 6.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £90

A pair of silver sauce boats, with scroll handles and short cabriole legs, Sheffield 1927.

Sold for £80

A condiment set, Birmingham 1919, comprising two open salts, four pepperettes and two mustards, each pierced and with blue glass liner.

Sold for £95

A pair of silver salts, Birmingham 1919, each with blue glass liner and together with a mustard, Birmingham 1919, and two pepperettes of similar date.

Sold for £55

Two silver table cigarettes boxes, Birmingham 1929 and Chester marks rubbed. Widths respectively 4 ins and 3.25 ins.

Sold for £30

A George V silver backed dressing table set, Birmingham 1919, comprising four brushes and mirror, a similar buttonhook and shoehorn, Chester marks, together with a dressing table jar with silver lid, Birmingham mark 1918.

Sold for £30

A silver backed dressing table set, comprising mirror and two brushes, Birmingham 1932, together with a pair of silver backed gentleman's brushes, Birmingham mark 1943.

Sold for £32

An Edwardian silver plated tray, with carrying handle to either side, Celtic design border with shell and oak leaf decoration to each corner, stamped "Lonsdale Silver Plate". Length 27 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £110

A silver plate on copper ice bucket, of scrolling rococo design, together with a plated bottle holder, three branch candelabra and tray.

Sold for £105

A silver plated on copper punch bowl, with shaped rim and with lion mask carrying handles to either side, together with a muffin dish with cover and silver plated wine cooler.

Sold for £60

A set of six Edwardian silver teaspoons, Sheffield 1905.

Sold for £24

A late Victorian silver card case, foliate engraved and engine turned, the interior with ivory note pad and pencil, Birmingham mark 1900.

Sold for £160

An Edwardian silver vase, with pierced serpentine rim and circular spreading foot, London mark 1901.

Sold for £65

Two silver toast racks, four divisions and six divisions, London mark 1925 and Sheffield 1936 respectively.

Sold for £55

Five silver condiments, two salts, lidded mustard and two pepperettes, various makers various marks

Sold for £60

A matched set of eighteen pieces of Fiddle patterned cutlery, six table forks, six dessert forks, six dessert spoons, various makers various marks, 911 grams.

Sold for £80

Six silver handled table knives, Vintners Limited, Sheffield, 1957, together with six dessert knives.

Sold for £100

A set of six silver coffee spoons, Sheffield 1938, together with five further coffee spoons and a Georgian silver caddy spoon.

Sold for £40

Two silver mounted penknives, together with a heart shaped bookmark and a penknife with mother of pearl mounts.

Sold for £48

A Queen Anne sandstone mortar, of shaped circular outline, inscribed with the date "1705". Width 10 ins, height 9.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £250

A Sting Precision Bass by Fender. This is a Sting Signature Precision Bass, manufactured by Fender. This 50's style guitar features a vintage style single coil pick up, contoured body with two colour sunburst finish and Stings facsimile signature in the block pearl inlay at the 12th fret and his actual signature to the pickguard. NOTE - this guitar is being sold on behalf Cumbria Community Foundation for the Flood Relief Fund. It was donated by Sting himself to be sold for this worthy charity (see illustration).

Sold for £1450

A Watkins Patent Automatic Delivery Machines of Shrewsbury billiard chalk dispenser, oak cased with plaque inscribed "Put One D in Slot for a Piece of Coloured Billiard Chalk in Case", with brass slot escutcheon inscribed "Close Drawer Before Inserting Penny" and with brass drawer and mounts inscribed "Close Drawer", and with makers plaque. Height 15 ins, width 5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Two painted models, an Old Guard and British Red Coat, signed "R. Mein" and both dated 1992. Height 12 ins.

Sold for £65

A pair of French brass and champleve enamel table candlesticks, of Aesthetic design, with repeat fan design collar to the nozzle, with cast insects to the tapered stem, with strapwork circular base and raised on pointed bracket feet. Height 8.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £140

A fine ivory and breche violette marble figure, circa 1910, the semi nude girl standing draped in flowing robes and with gilt belt and raised on a bowed black slate cylindrical plinth. Height 14 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £3800

An Austrian cold painted bronze figure by Franz Bergmann, with Bergmann vase mark and depicting a young woman passing up a jug to an Arab on camel. Height 8 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £3300

An Austrian cold painted bronze figure probably Franz Bergmann, depicting an Arab wielding a stick to encourage a monkey to perform on the back of a mule, unmarked. Height 9 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £3300

A bronze effect group, two red grouse and chick, inscribed "Hayton 1/350", with white metal plaque on wood plinth. Height 9.5 ins.

Sold for £90

A pair of Japanese panels, one bearing plaque "S. Yoshikawa, Yokohama, Japan", each plaque applied with leaf, branch, flowers and butterflies in relief carved bone or ivory, with gilt outline and in foliate and dragon carved frames. 24 ins x 14.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £230

An Edwardian stained glass panel, "Ales & Porter", coloured and of Art Nouveau inspiration. 36 ins x 37 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £680

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese tusk vase, the tusk section with silver coloured applied dragon mount and raised on a lobed hardwood foot. Height 11.5 ins.

Sold for £680

Jose Cardona 19/20th century Spanish, a bronze figure, young boy holding lantern wearing cap and raised on a naturalistic base with wooden plinth, green patination. Height 17 ins excluding plinth (see illustration).

Sold for £1050

Two composition baby dolls, 1940's, one stamped to the rear of the head " Reliable Made in Canada" and with jointed composition body, the other unmarked and with cloth body. Each height approximately 17 ins.

Sold for £45

A portrait miniature, probably on ivory, oval, a bust of a female figure wearing bonnet, circa 1900. 2.5 ins x 2 ins, in ebonised frame.

Sold for £50

Josefina de Vasconcellos, a plaster cast, to simulate bronze, young boy and girl holding hands aloft. Height 16 ins, width 13 ins.

Sold for £140

Karl Perl (Austrian), an early 19th century bronze figure of a labourer, standing, rolling a cigarette and in contemplative pose, dark brown patination, circa 1910, signed to base. Height 26 ins (see illustration). NOTE - Karl Perl was a sculptor and medallist, born in Liezen, Austria in 1876. He practiced in Vienna and was a pupil of Hellmer, Zumbusch and Kundmann.

Sold for £580

An Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic slide viewer, aluminium and wooden, stamped with the manufacturer's mark "New York, Patent Applied For", together with a box of slides "For Empire Queen and Flag, South Africa 1900" by Underwood & Underwood principally showing military and nursing scenes and in original cloth lined box, together with approximately 110 further slides Lake District, Scotland, etc., principally Underwood & Underwood and G.W. Wilson.

Sold for £165

A Replogle "true to life" globe, with metal circumference and housed in a mahogany cradle. Diameter 12 ins.

Sold for £85

An Edison "Gem" phonograph, in domed oak case, bearing transfer "Edison Gem Phonograph" and opening to the black painted phonograph with horn (see illustration).

Sold for £100

A cased crystal set, with Ericsson headphones, together with an oak cased electric shock machine and a GPO extension bell set number 1.

Sold for £30

A dentist's table top or travelling cabinet, with chrome fittings to mahogany case, with hinged lid and six graduated drawers containing dental tools by Ash, England amongst others. Width 13 ins.

Sold for £55

A Mamod steam engine, with canopy and log trailer, green and black painted.

Sold for £70

A Mamod steam roadster, cream and red with chrome bonnet.

Sold for £85

A Victorian musical photograph album, The Balmoral Album, bound in Germany, each page printed with Scottish scenes, the musical movement operational.

Sold for £115

A Victorian musical photograph album, each page printed with floral sprays, working order.

Sold for £30

A pair of Victorian leather clogs, child's, together with child's spats, etc.

Sold for £30

A collection of six vintage snakeskin bags.

Sold for £40

A collection of Victorian beaded bags, and miser purses.

Sold for £30

A First World War embroidered panel, "Memoir de la Guerre 1914-15-16". 17 ins x 21 ins, framed.

Sold for £40

A silver fox fur, comprising one head, two bodies and two tails, circa 1930.

Sold for £28

A pair of enamelled baskets, possibly Indian, each decorated with flowers and birds. Length 7 ins.

Sold for £80

An oriental tortoiseshell or simulated tortoiseshell jewellery casket, with hinged lid and stepped interior, with chasing dragon beneath the handle and to front lock. Width 6 ins.

Sold for £80

A box of microscope slides, containing six cardboard trays each with a double layer of slides, some labelled "Paris 1867", others monogrammed, some milk glass with butterfly wings and other clear, approximately 78.

Sold for £420

A Victorian compass, in mahogany case with loop carrying handle and scale from 0 through 80 to 0, brass. Diameter 3 ins.

Sold for £65

A Schuco Ford Coupe T 1227, made in Western Germany. Length 7 ins.

Sold for £120

An Indian plaque, probably ivory, decorated with figures, river and buildings. 4 ins x 8.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £120

A Victorian diorama of the vessel "The Selma with Tug The Fox" and in a glazed pitch pine case. Width 30 ins, height 21 ins, depth 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £460

Mrs W. Heelis (Beatrix Potter), an important letter to "The Herdwick Sheep Enquiry Keswick May 20th 43" from Castle Cottage Sawrey near Ambleside. The letter is in response to an enquiry from the Ministry of Agriculture and discusses sustainable farming and the cost of rearing Herdwick Sheep. It mentions tourism in the Lake District and the complexities of Income Tax returns. Mrs Heelis talks about farm accounts and discusses old sayings "The Wool Pays the Rent" and "The Wedder Hogg Pays for the Gimmer Hogg", etc. The letters runs to four sides and is very detailed (see illustration).

Sold for £3000

William Wordsworth, a handwritten manuscript lines from "The Excursion", "The Personal Duties Shine Aloft, Like Stars, The Charities that Heal and Soothe and Help are Scatter'd at the Feet of Man, Like Flowers", signed W. Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, December 9th 1841 (see illustration). Provenance: this manuscript has been on loan to The Wordsworth Trust.

Sold for £600

A letter from Isaac Littledale to his son Joseph in London from Whitehaven Cumberland 1791. The letter discusses subsidence and subsequent damage caused by mine workings beneath properties in and around Scotch Street, George Street, Church Street and Duke Street in Whitehaven. In 1791 the workings had reached this neighbourhood where on 31st January a holing was made in an old waste liberating a large quantity of water drowning three individuals and five horses in the workings (see illustration).

Sold for £140

A ships wheel by McTaggart Scott & Company Limited of Edinburgh, serial number 22/9021910, being wooden and brass. Diameter 37 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A fine Edwardian pond yacht, blue and black painted hull with ivorine mounts, complete with sails and simulated planked decking. Length of hull 49 ins, height to top of main mast 74 ins, maximum length 64 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £340

An Edwardian pond yacht, hull only, with simulated planking, cream painted. Length 36 ins.

Sold for £170

A live steam roller, with pressure gauge and whistle, circa 1930. Length 11 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £320

A cut glass table lamp, with domed shade.

Sold for £75

An 18th century Scandinavian peg tankard, with lion thumb piece to the circular lid and scroll handle, with applied metal shield bearing inscription and flanked on either side by a draped female figure and raised on short feet, probably Birch. Height 10 ins, diameter 6.5 ins.

Sold for £480

A German Diana table top gramophone, the metal case to simulate mahogany, bearing transfer "Diana Registered Made in Saxony". Width 8.5 ins.

Sold for £120

A violin, stamped to the rear of the scroll "Conservatory Violin Straduarius", full size, inked to interior "Straduarius Made in Germany", late 19th century, complete with bow and modern case. Length of back 14 1/8 ins.

Sold for £150

A violin, three-quarter size, Mittenwald, inked to label "September 1870", with two bows, one marked "P. & H., London", the other simulated rosewood, cased. Length of back 13.25 ins.

Sold for £55

A 19th century carved ivory figure, Chinese female figure with children, with red character signature to base. Height 11.5 ins (see illustration). (9039)

Sold for £320

Two 18th century inros, one with Kinji ground decorated with iris with inlaid pewter and mother of pearl, four case, the other decorated with hares and flowers inlaid with pewter and mother of pearl, four drawer, both signed to inside of lid (see illustration). (9010)

Sold for £140

A brass aneroid barometer, by C.W. Dixey, Optician to The Queen, New Bond Street, London, number 6734, late 19th/early 20th century. Diameter 5 ins. (9405)

Sold for £115

A Meiji period bronze figure, Fukurokuju, with closed scroll. Height 14 ins (see illustration). (9075)

Sold for £460

A large 19th century wooden mixing bowl, with wooden pestle. (9478)

Sold for £25

An anatomical specimen, lizard in pickle jar. Height 10.5 ins. (9452)

Sold for £30

A pair of Nigerian Yoruba Ibeji figures, male and female, with beadwork decoration. Height 11 ins (see illustration). (9451)

Sold for £380

A 19th century or earlier Tang style horse, earthenware, traces of green and brown paint. Height 11.5 ins. (9021)

Sold for £190

A Tibetan flint/money leather pouch, with white metal/silver and brass decoration inset with turquoise matrix stone, early 19th century. (9465)

Sold for £70

A Tibetan flint/money leather pouch, with white metal/silver and brass decoration inset white coral and possibly amber, early 19th century. (9467)

Sold for £70

A leather cased pocket barometer, by Dollond, London. (9474)

Sold for £150

An anatomical skeleton, in wooden box labelled "Donald Ferrier". (9500)

Sold for £110

An anatomical skeleton, and a collection of thigh bases and femurs in two wooden boxes labelled "Donald Ferrier, Edinburgh". (9501)

Sold for £170

A collection of beetles and spiders etc., in six drawers collectors cabinet, including giant palm spiders, bird eating spider, African long horn beetles, giant water beetle, etc. (9531)

Sold for £300

A W. Watson & Sons Limited London microscope, Kima Number 92431, in fitted mahogany box, bearing plaque "W. & J. George & Becker Limited, Birmingham and London". (9532)

Sold for £90

A iron equestrian sculpture, circa 1965, initialled to the base "A.P." and of welded construction, depicting a male figure on horseback, possibly Italian. Height 24 ins, length 27 ins.

Sold for £200

A 19th century Family Holy Bible, "The Dore Bible", issue number 410/485, two leather bound volumes, "Ezekiel to Revelations" and "Genesis to Lamentations", The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments According to the Authorised Version with Illustrations by Gustave Dore, Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Paris, New York and Melbourne.

Sold for £450

An Armand Marseille bisque headed doll, stamped to the rear of the neck "Germany 370", swivel eyes and protruding teeth and with jointed wooden and leatherette body. Height 27 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £100