fine art

A pair of Empire style gilt bronze candelabra, in the form of a female figure raised on a marble plinth with applied mouldings and with four lions paw feet. Height 18 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A fountain pen, early 20th century, with gilt metal mounts to composition body, with Heaths Tribune, New York nib number 8.

Sold for £155

Six volumes Science and Art of Mining, an illustrated journal for mining and its kindred industries, 1894-5, printed and published by The Proprietors Thomas Wall & Sons, 27 Wallgate, Wigan.

Not Sold

A Frank Newbold railway poster, "The Silver Jubilee, Britain's First Streamline Train", depicting the Silver Link Train Number 2509 LNER. 29 ins x 18 ins.

Sold for £220

A black Bakelite telephone, 1940's/50's.

Not Sold

A Mauchline Ware box, inscribed to the lid "Glasgow Exhibition 1801" with a thistle spray and stamped the underside "Cumberland Pencil Company, Keswick". Height 1.5 ins.

Sold for £28

A Mauchline Ware box, with drawer, marked to the top "Bowder Stone, Lake District" and with label beneath "Hogarth & Hayes, Keswick, Cumberland. Height 1.75 ins.

Sold for £42

A pair of gilt bronze figural candelabra, each draped Hellenestic female figure holding aloft a six branch candelabra and raised on a square stepped bronze mounted base. Height 40 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A pair of oriental bronze vases, relief moulded and in the form of a vase on stand. Height 12 ins.

Not Sold

A 19th century Chinese table screen, in the form of a circular disc decorated with cranes and trees in a landscape, with character mark to left and raised on foliate carved support. Diameter 8 ins, height 14 ins.

Sold for £200

A German dagger, by Anton Wingen, Solingen, with bone handle and painted metal sheath. Length 13.5 ins.

Not Sold

A butchers shop sign, "Albert Potter, Butcher, 12 Quay Street, Tilbury". Width 38 ins.

Not Sold

A live steam model of the Royal Scot locomotive with tender, "Royal Scot 6137", LMS livery, 7.25 inch gauge, complete with display cabinet and stand, probably Bassett Lowke. Length of model 96 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £14000

An Eastern bone ebony and hardwood casket containing dominoes. Width 11 ins.

Sold for £100

A late 19th century Chinese ivory carving, a deity standing holding a staff and wearing a long beard, signed to base. Height 2.25 ins.

Sold for £180

A Hornby train tank goods set, gauge 0, number 40.

Sold for £50

A magnum of vintage port, Fonseca 1970, slightly below neck.

Sold for £150

A large collection of postcards, including First World War silk and embroidered postcards, humorous, many local scenes, Lancashire, United Kingdom view cards, etc., in mahogany case.

Sold for £500

A collection of cigar bands, collected by George Banks Wivell, early 20th century, together with a Baxter print, various postcards, including Egyptian scenes, battleships and naval.

Sold for £50

A souvenir record of The British Hoteliers visit to Austria October 1926, including tour itinerary, correspondence, various postcards and other souvenirs.

Sold for £110

Two volumes, A Collection of Cartoons from the 1930's depicting Lloyd George, Ramsey McDonald, Snowdon, etc.

Sold for £52

A collection of Victoriana, including a whale tooth, carved coconut shell in the form of a fish, box of Veteran Series card counters, shells, an egg and other gaming pieces.

Sold for £260

One volume "The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit", of green envelope variety with folding pictures and text, copyright 1906 Frederick Warne & Co. (see illustration),

Sold for £190

One volume "The Pie and The Patty-Pan" by Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne & Co., 1905 (see illustration).

Not Sold

Three volumes, "The Story of Little Black Sambo" Helen Bannerman, London,Grant Richards 1902, one volume of "Progressive Tales for Little Children" First Series, Edinburgh 1835 and "Short Stories for long Nights" by Peter Parley, London 1837.

Sold for £48

Three volumes, "Alice's Adventures Underground" Lewis Carol, Macmillan & Co. 1886, "The Tale of Beatrix Potter" a biography by Margaret Lane and "The Fairy Caravan" by Beatrix Potter.

Sold for £98

A Treen cheese mould, of coopered form with metal bindings. Diameter 6 ins.

Sold for £30

A collection of principally 19th century apothecary and chemists bottles, measures and jars.

Sold for £400

World banknotes, a collection in packets of mainly uncirculated world banknotes, modern and early German States notes.

Sold for £80

A Victorian beadwork pincushion, together with a beadwork clutch bag, beadwork purse and miser purse.

Sold for £35

A Victorian silver mounted umbrella, burr walnut handle, hallmarked Birmingham 1891, together with a Victorian parasol with turned wooden handle.

Sold for £25

A late 19th century tortoiseshell and mother of pearl card case. 3 ins x 4.25 ins.

Sold for £95

One volume "The Sunday School Times & Home Educator".

Sold for £10

A Victorian stuffed red squirrel, under glass dome.

Sold for £70

A Victorian stuffed tawny owl, under dome and raised on a wooden plinth.

Sold for £120

A collection of cigarette lighters, three circa 1973, Cartier 30 micron silver plate in original case, boxed and with instructions, Vinci 20 micron gold plate, boxed, Dunhill gold plated, boxed.

Sold for £95

A late 19th century carved bone chess set, probably Cantonese, red and white, complete, one white pawn of slightly different design.

Sold for £68

A collection of six Victorian christening gowns, Broderie Anglaise and pin tucked panels.

Not Sold

A collection of four Victorian christening gowns, Broderie Anglaise and pin tucked front panels.

Not Sold

A Sarouk rug, modern, principal colours iron red, beige and blue. Width 29 ins, length 48 ins.

Sold for £110

A large Indian carpet, 100% wool pile, hand made in India for the Shenkin Group, principally beige with bellflower designs and foliate spandrels, fringed. 110 ins x 150 ins.

Sold for £40

A 19th century woolwork tapestry, three figures holding aloft a basket of fruit. 23 ins x 18 ins, in oak frame.

Sold for £25

An Eastern rug, of repeating elephant foot design to the centre rectangular panel, with multiple line border and fringed ends, decorated in black, red and beige. 89 ins x 56 ins.

Sold for £260

An Eastern rug, with fringed ends, principally beige and brown with repeating design and with centre rectangular panel. 60 ins x 81 ins.

Sold for £130

A Belgian woollen rug, "Isfahan" pattern, decorated in a variety of colours with huntsmen on horseback and with repeating line border. 64 ins x 46 ins.

Sold for £100

An Eastern fringed carpet, the centre rectangular panel with oval medallion and repeating scroll and foliate design, with blue ground, principal colours beige, iron red and shades of blue, with multiple line border and fringed ends. 360 cm x 238 cm.

Sold for £60

An early 20th century Eastern rug, with centre rectangular panel and repeating line border decorated in iron reds, greens and yellow. 60 ins x 88 ins.

Sold for £360

A Victorian woolwork tapestry, figures in landscape. 17 ins x 13 ins, in mahogany frame.

Sold for £20

Rug

Sold for £50

W.H. Jones (19th century British), an oil painting on canvas, "S.S. British King in a Hurricane, March 17th 1887". 17.5 ins x 27 ins, framed, signed and dated (see illustration).

Sold for £460

Two 19th century English School oil paintings on canvas, waterfalls in wooded landscapes. 9.5 ins x 17 ins and 14.5 ins x 10.5 ins.

Sold for £40

Late 19th century English School, an oil painting on canvas, still life of flowers and ivy with terracotta vase. 13.5 ins x 11.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £60

H.G. Bacon, three watercolours, "From Port Appin", "Fort William From Corpach" and "From the Golf Course, Corpach". Each 22 ins x 13.5 ins, in oak and gilt frame.

Sold for £40

Vivienne Pooley, a watercolour, "Skiddaw from Pike O'Stickle". 10.5 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1965 (see illustration).

Sold for £340

An Edwardian oil painting on canvas, "Lodore". 15.5 ins x 25.5 ins, framed, signed with initials and dated 1905.

Sold for £70

Bernard Sweeney, a watercolour, "Maryport from the South". 8 ins x 12 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £100

Emily Nicholson (1820-1914), a watercolour, a lake and mountain scene. 5 ins x 11 ins, framed, signed and dated 1865.

Not Sold

Sir William Russell Flint, a signed Limited Edition print, "Waves". 17.5 ins x 24 ins, with original label verso and bearing artists proof (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Sir William Russell Flint, a signed Limited Edition print, "A Question of Attribution". 21 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £200

Sir William Russell Flint, an artists proof, "Casual Assembly". 19 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £110

Sir William Russell Flint, a print, "Silver and Gold". 9 ins x 15 ins, framed.

Sold for £20

Neil J. Barlow, a watercolour, "Buttermere with Fleetwith Pike". 11 ins x 14 ins.

Sold for £70

19th century English School primitive, an oil painting, "Hoad, Ulverston". 17 ins x 23 ins, framed.

Sold for £500

Manner of Emily Stannard (1803-1885), a watercolour, still life of mallard and other game birds. 29 ins x 22 ins, framed (see illustration).

Not Sold

G.H. Pooley, a watercolour, "The Gables over a Lakeland Tarn". 14 ins x 20.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

R.B. Talbot Kelly, a watercolour, Tree Pippet on branch with caterpillar in beak. 5 ins x 7.5 ins, framed, signed with initials.

Sold for £90

Marion Broom, a watercolour, still life of primulas in bowl and book on tray. 13 ins x 18 ins, signed.

Sold for £90

Reginald Aspinwall, an oil painting on canvas, "Morecambe Bay from Heysham Rocks". 9 ins x 13 ins, signed and dated 1908 (see illustration).

Not Sold

Reginald Aspinwall, an oil painting on canvas, "Full of Sound and Fury The Eden in Flood". 14.5 ins x 19.5 ins, signed and dated 1900 (see illustration).

Not Sold

Arthur Tucker, a watercolour, "Ludlow, Shropshire". 11.5 ins x 17.5 ins, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £400

William Manners, a watercolour, horse cart, figures and dog in autumn landscape. 11.75 ins x 17.75 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Claude Muncaster, a watercolour, "The Incoming Tide, Morecambe Bay and Coniston Range". 14 ins x 20 ins, signed (see illustration).

Not Sold

A French lithograph, by A. Galliard, still life of fruit, bird and flowers. 9.5 ins x 10.5 ins.

Sold for £8

A 19th century engraving, "Her Royal Highness Victoria-Mary Louisa Duchess of Kent". 6 ins x 5 ins, in rosewood frame with gilt slip.

Sold for £18

Percy Kelly, a lithograph, a street scene, possibly Maryport. 15 ins x 19.5 ins, signed and dated 1965, possibly an artists proof.

Sold for £540

A pair of Chinese gouache paintings, each of a junk, late 19th/early 20th century. 8 ins x 10 ins, framed (see illustration).

Not Sold

English School, a pair of oil paintings on card, sailing ships. Each 5.5 ins x 8 ins, in Florentine giltwood frames (see illustration).

Sold for £380

A 19th century continental oil painting on tin, figures, cattle and sheep in rural landscape. 7.5 ins x 9 ins, framed, bearing label verso "Genre -Bild".

Sold for £140

Gerald Parkinson, an oil painting on board, "Sussex Farm 1". 22 ins x 31 ins, framed, signed and dated 1971 (see illustration).

Sold for £110

A pair of 19th century painted panels, in the Pre-Raphaelite style, possibly Tempera, one panel a male figure playing a harp, the other a female playing a hand held pipe organ, each figure with Gothic tracery above standing on a white and red painted floor. Each height 64 ins, with 22 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

William Mitchell of Maryport, an oil painting on canvas, fishing vessels. 16 ins x 23 ins, framed, signed and dated verso 1887 (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

A hand coloured photograph of an Italian lady, believed to be the Italian wife of William Mitchell of Maryport. 6.25 ins x 4.5 ins.

Sold for £90

James Mitchell of Maryport, an oil painting on board, fishing vessels attempting to dock in stormy seas, probably Maryport. 16.5 ins x 25.5 ins, signed and dated 1901 (see illustration).

Sold for £360

James Mitchell of Maryport, an oil painting on canvas, cattle in landscape, after Sidney Cooper. 12 ins x 18 ins, signed and dated 1903 and inscribed verso "Painted for Jane J. Mitchell, Maryport, 1903, after Cooper" (see illustration).

Sold for £120

Attributed to James Mitchell, an oil painting on panel, head and shoulders of female figure. 14 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Sold for £20

James Mitchell of Maryport, an oil painting on canvas, "The Old Mill, Ambleside". 30 ins x 22.5 ins, signed and dated 1900 verso.

Not Sold

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Windermere". 7 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed and dated 1925 (see illustration).

Sold for £750

Wilk, a watercolour cartoon, huntsmen with hounds. 12 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £700

R. Maziani, an oil painting on canvas, an Italianate coastal scene, mid 20th century. 20 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £100

D. Cox, a watercolour, figure and sheep in rural landscape. 7 ins x 28 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £100

F. Arnold, three watercolours, "An Autumn Night", "The Shades of Night" and "Silver Night", each depicting figures in rural landscapes. Each 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £300

J. Barnes RCA, a watercolour, "Rydal Water". 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Edwin Henry Holder (Exh. 1864-1893), a pair of oil paintings on canvas, "Grange in Borrowdale" and "Ullswater". Each 7.5 ins x 11 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Not Sold

After Hedley Fitton, three signed etchings circa 1918/19, Venice and two others.

Sold for £450

George Edwards Hering (1805-1879), an oil painting on canvas, "Road to an Old Quarry Near Dun Fionn (Fingles Height), Arran". 27 ins x 42 ins, in gilt frame, signed and with original label verso (see illustration).

Sold for £1650

George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924), a watercolour, "A Game of Chess". 10.25 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1050

Patricia Sadler (20th century British), a watercolour, "Summers Day, Berwickshire". 11.5 ins x 13 ins, signed and dated 1992.

Sold for £230

Patricia Sadler (20th century British), a watercolour, vase of poppies. 11 ins x 12.75 ins, signed and dated 1992.

Not Sold

Angie Summers, a charcoal drawing, "All I Ever Wanted". 33 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed and with label verso, originally purchased from Castlegate House Gallery for £700.

Sold for £80

Robert McGowan Coventry (1855-1914), a watercolour, "Trawlers Berthed at the fIsh Quay". 9.5 ins x 11.5 ins, signed R.M.G. Coventry ASW.

Not Sold