fine art sale

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Gently Falls the Eventide" Bassenthwaite Lake from Armathwaite Looking South to Borrowdale. 8 ins x 12 ins, framed, signed and with original label verso (see illustration).

Not Sold

A pair of 19th century portraits, lady and gentleman. 29 ins x 25 ins, each in ornate gilt frame (see illustration).

Not Sold

Robert Eadie, a watercolour, "Unloading the Catch". 12 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £380

George Houston, an oil painting on canvas, a lake or loch scene. 18 ins x 23 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £400

A pair of 19th century watercolours, figures and cattle in landscapes. Each 9.5 ins x 18 ins, one indistinctly signed.

Not Sold

William Langley, an oil painting on canvas, highland landscape with cattle. 16 ins x 23.5 ins, signed.

Sold for £310

A pair of winter landscapes, probably continental. 8 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £150

W. Collins, a pair of oil paintings on canvas, lake and mountain scenes. Each 15 ins x 22.5 ins, framed, signed.

Not Sold

E.T. Howart, an oil painting on board, a lake and mountain scene. 10 ins x 13.5 ins, signed verso.

Sold for £85

Cappleman, an oil painting on canvas, an ocean liner and sailing vessels by a port, possibly New York. 29 ins x 50 ins, framed, signed and dated 1906 (see illustration).

Sold for £550

E.K. Redmore, a pair of oil paintings on board, fishing vessels in stormy seas, one with wreck. 8.75 ins x 12 ins, in gilt frame, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £190

McCormick, late 18th/early 19th century Irish School, an oil painting on canvas, portrait of a young boy. 37 ins x 28 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1600

James Webb (1825-1895), an oil painting on panel, "The Bell Rock". 9 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1872 (see illustration).

Sold for £560

English School (19th century), an oil painting on canvas, ships in estuary. 11.5 ins x 17 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £240

19th century English School, an oil painting on canvas, figures with sheep in boat in woodland landscape. 16 ins x 21 ins, in gilt frame (see illustration).

Sold for £650

W. Hodgson (19th century English School), an oil painting on canvas, "Derwentwater". 8.75 ins x 15.5 ins, signed and dated 1876.

Not Sold

William Thornley (19th/20th century British), oil on canvas, fishing boats by harbour probably Whitby. 9.5 ins x 15 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £240

After Arthur Cox, two coloured engravings, heavy horses and figures outside buildings, each in large Victorian gilt frame. Frame interior measurement 23 ins x 27.5 ins.

Not Sold

J.S. Bewar, oil painting on canvas, "Early Spring, Perthshire". 16 ins x 23 ins, in gilt frame, signed and dated 1883.

Sold for £50

Maurice Blond (1899-1974), a limited edition print 92/100, figure and street scene. 18 ins x 20 ins.

Sold for £40

Maurice Blond (1899-1974), a limited edition print 2/10, still life of a chair with paints. 29 ins x 22 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £30

An abstract still life, oil on board, probably Russian or Polish. 14.5 ins x 19.5 ins, framed, signed and dated (19)44.

Sold for £42

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Stonehenge Evening". 6.5 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £280

Conrad Peter Schreiber, German School (1816-1894), a pair of gouache paintings, "Lac D'Averno" and "Valle D'Aosta". Each 20 ins x 15.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Richard William Halfnight (1855-1925), a watercolour, a punt in river landscape with trees. 13.5 ins x 9.5 ins, in oak frame, signed and dated 1892 (see illustration).

Sold for £170

Arthur Bateman (1883-1970), a watercolour, a view from a Mediterranean villa. 10.5 ins x 15 ins, framed, signed and dated 1925.

Not Sold

E. Grieg Hall, a watercolour, "Duddon Bridge May 1964". 11 ins x 14.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £20

E. Grieg Hall, a watercolour, "Balnakiel Bay, Sutherland". 11 ins x 14.5 ins.

Sold for £30

E. Grieg Hall, a watercolour, "Wastwater Screes July 1966". 11 ins x 14 ins.

Sold for £55

J.C. Hutchinson, an oil painting on canvas, "Wooded Upland, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire". 16 ins x 19.5 ins.

Not Sold

Harold Pye, an oil painting on canvas, "Darnhome, Goathland 1954". 16 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Harold Pye, an oil painting on canvas, "The Bridge, Beckhole". 12 ins x 15 ins, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Brian Bennett, an oil painting on canvas, "Early Morning". 40 ins x 49 ins, framed and with label verso from The Mall Galleries and with original price £950.

Sold for £100

Percy Kelly, a pen and ink drawing, "Little Broughton". 3.5 ins x 4.5 ins, signed and dated 1953.

Sold for £160

Len Roope, a watercolour, Buttermere. 10 ins x 14 ins, signed framed (see illustration).

Sold for £220

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Skiddaw from Embleton". 7.5 ins x 10.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1969 (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Head of Crummock Water". 7.5 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed and dated 1969 (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Bassenthwaite Station". 7.25 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed and dated 1969 (see illustration).

Sold for £580

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Sunny Morning at Parton, Cumberland (Windy Spring Day) from Stone Rocks". 5.75 ins x 8 ins, framed and dated 1971 (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Len Roope, a watercolour, "Marsh Key, Workington". 3 ins x 5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1972 (see illustration).

Sold for £140

View of The Lakes etc. in Cumberland and Westmorland, engraved from drawings by Joseph Farington, one volume, published by William Byrne, London, limited edition number 177/2000.

Sold for £270

E *** H***, a Victorian oil painting on board, pheasants. 12 ins x 18.75 ins, in gilt frame, initialled and dated 1894.

Sold for £72

An oil painting on canvas, "Eruption". 17.5 ins x 23.5 ins, framed.

Not Sold

Joshua Renshaw (1813-1872), a watercolour, "Derwentwater". 8 ins x 10.5 ins, signed.

Not Sold

An antiquarian map, "Antigue the Antilles" by Crepy, Paris. 8.5 ins x 11 is, framed.

Not Sold

Henry W. Bracken (1920-1998), a watercolour, cottage and lake scene. 9 ins x 11.5 ins, mounted, signed. Henry Bracken was born in Sedburgh and was elected to The Lake Artists Society in 1956. Refer Centenary Celebration Book, page 183.

Sold for £90

Charles A. Bool, a watercolour, "Rydal Water". 10 ins x 30 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Not Sold

Patrick Nasmyth (1787-1831), an oil painting on board, Derwentwater. 12 ins x 15.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1818 (see illustration).

Sold for £700

An oil painting on canvas, "Buttermere and Crummock Water". 12 ins x 16 ins, framed.

Sold for £65

After Louis Legrand, an aquatint, a bull, dated 1900, signed in pencil. 10 ins x 12.5 ins, mounted.

Sold for £90

A watercolour portrait after Sir Thomas Lawrence painted by Rebecca Worthington, William Henry and Jacob Patterson. 10.5 ins x 9.5 ins, framed.

Not Sold

After Frank H. Mason, a pair of etchings, estuary scenes. 8 ins x 12 ins, framed.

Sold for £55

Henry Cooper (19th/20th century British), oil on canvas, a coastal scene with seagulls and vessels. 15.5 ins x 23 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £80

Edward Towry Whyte, a watercolour, "Marscow Sligachan Isle of Skye", 9 ins x 19 ins, in gilt frame, together with a smaller companion, "Castle Ditches Tisbury Wiltshire", 5 ins x 11 ins, framed.

Sold for £50

A George III mahogany writing slope, with tambour top, slope front and interior fitted for pens and inkwells, with frieze drawer and brass drop carrying handle to either side. Width 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £85

A Regency mahogany tea caddy, sarcophagus shape, the interior fitted with two lidded compartments and centre aperture for glass, with mother of pearl lock escutcheon and raised on short turned feet. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £70

A George III mahogany knife box, with serpentine front, boxwood lock escutcheon and interior later fitted for stationery. Width 8.5 ins.

Sold for £80

A Bulgarian portable chess set in folding case, inscribed "Black Sea Bulgaria June 1964". Box length 6.75 ins, depth 3.25 ins.

Sold for £25

A George III mahogany tea caddy, rectangular, with loop handle, hinging to an interior fitted with a single lidded compartment and aperture for glass bowl. Width 9.25 ins.

Sold for £60

A 19th century rosewood burr walnut marquetry and inlaid mother of pearl jewellery box, rectangular, with lift out tray and paper lining. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £65

A Victorian rosewood brass bound writing slope, rectangular, with fitted interior, brass lock escutcheon and vacant cartouche to lid. Width 20 ins.

Sold for £75

A George III mahogany dressing table mirror, rectangular, mahogany framed, with moulded supports and sledge feet. Width 16 ins.

Sold for £10

A Regency wall mirror, the convex mirror with ebonised slip and circular frame with applied gilt balls, with eagle surmount, foliate carved foot and pair of candelabra. Height 43 ins, width 35 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £620

A Victorian oak framed dinner gong, the turned frame housing the 20 inch diameter gong, complete with beater and raised on downswept scroll feet. Width 29 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A Victorian coromandel wood domed stationery casket, metal bound, with fitted interior and oval Jasperware style cameo to lid. Width 9.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £155

A Victorian walnut veneered safe form smokers cabinet, with a pair of panelled doors modelled as a safe with brass furniture and enclosing a fitted interior. Width 12 ins.

Not Sold

A late Victorian oak smokers cabinet, with shelf above a pair of glazed doors with bevelled glass opening to an interior fitted with a tobacco jar and series of drawers for accessories. Width 16.5 ins.

Sold for £110

A late Victorian brass magazine rack, with five divisions, with oak base and raised on three brass legs terminating in ball feet.

Not Sold

A 17th century oak bible box, with rear upstand and well figured slope front to fitted interior, with original lock and with foliate carved panels to front. Width 26 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A pair of gilt framed mirrors, with integral brackets, with putto masks and bevelled glass to each. Width 13 in, height 26 ins.

Sold for £200

A late Victorian oak specimen cabinet, the rectangular top with centre brass cartouche, with moulded edge and rounded corners, the front hinging left and right and opening to four graduated drawers with recessed brass handles, with plinth base beneath. Width 10 ins.

Sold for £150

A Victorian mahogany miniature chest of drawers, the rectangular top with moulded edge above six long graduated drawers with later knob handles, with moulding below, shaped apron and turned feet. Width 16 ins.

Not Sold

A pair of gilt framed Girandole mirrors, last quarter 20th century, with scrolling rococo frames, with column supports and with candle holders to left and right. Height 58 ins, width 32 ins.

Sold for £330

An early 19th century mahogany bracket clock by Henry Pace (Whitechapel), having an arched top with leaf and branch carving beneath flanked by Gothic inspired turrets in turn above a glazed door enclosing the arched silvered brass dial with Roman numerals, strike and silent to arch and two-train fusee movement with repeat mechanism, flanked by cluster columns with brass capitals, with moulding below and raised on short brass feet, complete with bracket. Height of clock 16 ins, width 10.75 ins, height of bracket 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

A good Victorian walnut slope front stationery cabinet, hinging left and right to fitted interior with calendar, pen tray and drawer. Width 15.5 ins.

Not Sold

A George III mahogany candle box, of typical tapering form, being boxwood strung and with vase and foliate oval medallion in holly and box. Width 8.5 ins, height 21 ins.

Sold for £240

A late Victorian/Edwardian oak aneroid barometer, with mercury thermometer, in the Gothic style, with circular enamelled dial inscribed "Lillie & Son, London". Height 40.5 ins.

Not Sold

A Victorian brass skeleton clock, with pierced silvered dial with Roman numerals and single fusee movement, raised on an oval marble base. Height including base 21 ins.

Not Sold

A Victorian walnut and marquetry American wall clock, the painted dial by Greaves of Ulverston. Width 17 ins.

Sold for £180

An oriental brass framed mirror, in the form of a standing Chinese warrior holding a mirror plate. Width 16 ins, height 24 ins.

Not Sold

A Victorian walnut cased musical box, Bremond No. 26488, playing eight airs, with thirteen inch comb and original paper label to lid interior, in well figured walnut case being crossbanded in kingwood. Width 22 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £850

A George III giltwood and gesso framed mirror, in the rococo style with scrolling moulded showframe to the rectangular mirror. Height 50.5 ins, width 26 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A late Victorian gilt framed overmantle mirror, with applied foliate scrolling mouldings to the shaped mirror frame with shelf to left and right and with moulding below. Width 54 ins.

Sold for £140

A late 19th century mantle clock, the movement by Winterhalder & Hofmeier Schwarzvald, the case with arched hood above a glazed door, with square brass dial and two-train movement, with silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, flanked by flat pilasters and with applied metal mounts to hood and base. Width 10.5 ins.

Sold for £160

A Victorian walnut stationery casket, with brass fittings. Width 8.5 ins.

Sold for £30

A Victorian walnut tea caddy, brass mounted and with two compartments to interior. Width 9 ins.

Sold for £65

An early 19th century gilt framed mirror, the circular convex mirror with ebonised slip to circular frame with applied balls, with pediment and trailed fruiting vine decoration. Diameter 22 ins.

Sold for £65

An Admiral Fitzroy's barometer, in mahogany case, with single-train clock to pediment, with enamelled dial and Roman numerals. Height 45 ins, width 10.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £160

A mahogany framed mirror, circa 1930, with shell terminal to the moulded shaped frame. Width 16 ins.

Sold for £90

A giltwood framed mirror, in the rococo style with scrolling moulded frame. Width 16.5 ins.

Sold for £25

A George III satinwood oval tea caddy, with swans neck handle and lead lined interior. Width 7.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £440

A Victorian spelter figural barometer, a draped female figure holding aloft an aneroid barometer with enamelled dial and raised on a circular spreading base. Height 29 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

An early 19th century single fusee wall clock by Ritchie & Son Edinburgh, with brass bezel to the circular painted dial with Roman numerals inscribed "Ritchie & Son, Edinburgh" and with single-train fusee movement and in mahogany case. Diameter 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £420

A late Victorian oak and brass magazine stand, circa 1900, with loop carrying handle, two divisions and raised on three downswept legs terminating in ball feet.

Not Sold

An apple wood tea caddy, in the form of an apple, George III style, second half 20th century. Diameter approximately 5 ins.

Sold for £100

A Mouseman Thompson of Kilburn octagonal bread board, with mouse trademark. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £58

A late 19th century French miniature brass carriage clock, with carrying handle, rectangular dial with Roman numerals and single-train movement. Height excluding handle 3.5 ins.

Not Sold

A late 19th century Black Forest jewellery box, with five cantilever trays profusely carved with deeply cut flowers and foliage, complete and with original key and working lock. 230 mm x 120 mm x 130 mm.

Not Sold

A late 19th century burr walnut decanter and glass casket stamped "Tiffany & Co. Union Square", the domed lid hinging to a fitted interior complete with three decanters, plated tray and twelve original glasses, each decanter with enamelled label, the whole raised on a walnut veneered two tier stand with turned legs. Casket width 14 ins, table maximum width 22 ins, overall height 45 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1400

An Edwardian mahogany two tier circular table centre, with knopped centre support and raised on three feet. Diameter 12 ins.

Not Sold