antiques & fine art sale

A 19th century mahogany tray, with angled fretwork gallery. Width 39 cm.

Sold for £70

A Geographia 10" terrestrial globe, 55 Fleet Street, London, with Atlas type figure support in painted metal.

Not Sold

An early 19th century marquetry framed mirror, with moulded edge and slip. Overall dimensions 57 cm x 45 cm.

Sold for £65

A George III oak and mahogany miniature chest of drawers, with moulded dentil cornice, blind fretwork frieze and series of drawers, flanked on either side by fluted columns and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 45.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A late 19th century walnut bracket clock, with two-train German movement, striking on two gongs. Height 37 cm, width 28.5 cm.

Not Sold

Len Roope (British 1917-2005), Rannerdale Knotts, signed and titled, watercolour, 20 cm x 27.5 cm.

Sold for £220

S Wheeler, a watercolour coastal scene with boats and pier, 18 cm x 26 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £42

A Victorian print "The Queen and Prince Albert at Home", 28 cm x 22 cm, framed.

Sold for £50

A 19th century oil painting on panel, young boy having his hair cut. 27.5 cm x 21.5 cm.

Sold for £48

Bowen, "Sundown upon Solway" signed, dated 1939, oil on canvas, applied labelled verso and inscribed in ink "Sundown on Solway, Mrs Feather, West Sale House". 43 cm x 53.5 cm.

Sold for £100

Gerald Gardner, "The Gravesend - Tilbury Ferry", initialled and dated 1958, pastel, 30 cm x 50.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Elsie Anna Wood (British 1887-1978), possibly a self portrait, signed oil on artist board 40.5 cm x 30.5 cm. NOTE - Elsie Anna Wood was born into a Baptist family in Crouch End, North London, and was encouraged to draw and paint from an early age. Having attended the Hornsea School of Art from the age 17, a change of family circumstances prevented her from advancing to the Academy School of Art. A contemporary of Margaret Tarrant and Eileen Soper she moved away from the Home Counties taking a position with the Nile Commission Press in Cairo providing illustrations for children's literature, returning to England for five years she was asked to return to Egypt taking employment with the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge. It is this work that made her name synonymous with Bible illustrations throughout the World.

Sold for £350

Portrait of a young gentleman, mid to late 19th century, with wavy red hair, seated with black robes with gilt chain, unsigned, oil on canvas, 51 cm x 60 cm.

Sold for £70

E Daniel (19th century), still life, flowers tied at the stems, signed, watercolour. 43 cm x 34 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £170

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour, "South Harbour, Whitehaven". 24 cm x 31 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £170

A.J. (Joey) Carter-Wood, (British 1890-1915), "Lingering Sun", a view of the Solway looking towards Criffel, signed, oil on canvas, inscribed to Stretchers verso "A.J. Carter-Wood", also indistinctly inscribed in pencil and with applied plaque for James Lanham Artists Colorman (sic) St Ives, Cornwall, mounted with a contemporary frame, 102 cm x 66.5 cm. NOTE - A talented artist who at the age of 25 volunteered his services in the Coldstream Guards under the rank of Lieutenant. He was in France only a matter of weeks before he received a fatal wound engaging in trench warfare at a battle at La Bassee. He is exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Walker Art Gallery and Lakes Art Society. Known as Joey to friends he was born in Newlyn, Cornwall in 1890, and was working under the influence of Stanhope Forbes (leader of the Newlyn School). The Carter-Wood's owned Artillery Place Brewery for several generations which in 1891 was purchased by Watneys and promptly closed down. It is then that the family relocated from the south of England to the Lake District, eventually residing at Skinburness Tower, Silloth. His sister Florence Carter-Wood has a very unhappy union with Sir Alfred Munnings. She was his first wife and so unhappy at the union and being parted from her secret lover she tried to commit suicide on the night of her honeymoon. This attempt was unsuccessful; however two years later took her life by swallowing cyanide (see illustration).

Not Sold

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), "Mickleden" signed, pen and ink, pencil lines visible and with some minor corrections, image 16 cm x 21.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £920

Michael Lyne (British 1912-1989), pencil study of two foxes, unsigned, with certificate of authenticity stating it is an original unsigned work and is identified by the studio stamp (lower right) and signed Jessie M. Lyne for the Lyne Trustees, further inscribed 9/6, 21.5 cm x 29 cm.

Sold for £42

Nipon, (20th century), "Bringing In the Harvest", abstract, signed and dated 1979. thick oil on canvas. 59 cm x 78.5 cm.

Sold for £240

Thomas William Pattison (British, 1894-1983), "Near Coniston", signed, oil on board, inscribed in ink verso Near Coniston, English Lakes by T W Pattison, mounted in an ornate gilt frame, the image 58 cm x 87.5 cm (see illustration). ARR

Not Sold

19th century English School, oil on canvas, cattle, figures and boat in extensive landscape. 19 cm x 39 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £160

A late 19th century oil painting on canvas in the style of William Etty, semi nude draped female figure. 21 cm x 40 cm.

Sold for £140

19th century English School, oil on canvas, cottage and church in rural landscape with river. 23 cm x 33 cm, framed.

Sold for £65

An oil painting on board, ploughing scene with man in background leaning on fence watching rabbits. 21 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £50

A pair of oval miniature watercolours, winsome female figures. 12 cm x 8.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £30

19th century English School, oil on board, figures beneath a ruined castle. 17 cm x 12 cm, framed.

Sold for £60

A small pair of watercolours, oval, "Fleet Bridge" and "Goring Church". Each 8.5 cm x 12 cm, framed.

Not Sold

Three 19th century watercolours, children, one praying and two others. Largest 24 cm x 20 cm.

Not Sold

Early 19th century oil on tin, "Diana the Huntress". 12 cm x 9 cm.

Sold for £620

19th century oil on panel, lady taking snuff. 10.5 cm x 8 cm, framed.

Sold for £120

19th century oil painting, classical nude figures, male and female, circular. Diameter 8.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £220

A 19th century watercolour, extensive landscape with path, shrine and ruins to the foreground. 45 cm x 73 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £50

C. Pearson (19th century English School), watercolour, figures in boat on lake with mountains beyond. 28 cm x 52.5 cm, framed, signed and dated 1860.

Sold for £30

Donald A. Paton (Edward H. Thompson 1849-1979), watercolour, "A Peat Moss, Scottish Borderland". 24.5 cm x 34 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £110

A.P. Collis, oil on canvas, "Windermere and Loughrigg Fells from Rydal Mount. 38 cm x 89 cm, framed, inscribed and dated 1854 verso (see illustration).

Sold for £380

William Manners (1890-1920), figures on a rural path beside a lake, watercolour and body colour, 16.5 cm x 24.5 cm.

Sold for £90

Speed (John) Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, described with many memorable antiquities therein found observed, second half of the 17th century, Bassett and Chiswell, hand coloured engraved map, impression, and glazed verso, 38.5 cm x 51 cm.

Sold for £180

Ogilby (John) The roads from Kendal... to Cockermouth, Egremond...to Carlile, late 17th century, hand coloured engraved map plate 34.5 cm x 44.3 cm.

Sold for £110

Jon Peaty (British 1914-1991), a view along the Thames towards Parliament, signed oil on board, 28 cm x 40 cm. NOTE - Jon Peaty was an active member of the Southwick community, being a founder of the Southwick Art Club, a teacher at the American Women's Club, an accomplished amateur actor, director and scene designer (see illustration).

Sold for £85

Continental School, 19th century, landscape view with figures before a lake, castle ruins, and mountain range, watercolour, 7.5 cm x 11.5 cm.

Not Sold

After M Richardson, a pair of Continental view lithographs, 19th century, one bearing signature and dated 1866, both mounted within an arch, image 49.5 cm x 37 cm.

Not Sold

19th century English School, watercolour, cattle and sheep in landscape. 20 cm x 34 cm.

Sold for £20

Oil painting on canvas, coastal scene. 24 cm x 29 cm, framed, signed "A.N. Young".

Sold for £28

A pair of Victorian portrait oil paintings on canvas, lady and gentleman. Each 90 cm x 69 cm, framed.

Sold for £400

Daniel Sherrin (British 1868-1942), rural landscape with figures on a coastal path, signed, oil on canvas mounted within an ornate shell and scroll gilt moulded frame, 34 cm x 44 cm.

Sold for £120

W A Gibson (British 20th century), view of delft, signed, oil on panel, a typed label verso fishing boats - W.A. Gibson. Muriel, Lady Forteviot. Also an ink inscribed label titled "View of Delft", painting by W.A. Gibson June 1958, 39.5 cm x 49.5 cm.

Sold for £240

A Middle Eastern scene, 19th century, the end of day, figures on a path with a townscape beyond sunset, indistinctly signed, oil on canvas, 26.5 cm x 40 cm.

Sold for £50

A Victorian print, overcoloured, coastal scene with shipping. 58 cm x 124 cm.

Not Sold

An oil painting on canvas, figure and sheep in wooded landscape with lake. 59 cm x 89 cm, framed.

Sold for £100

An early 20th century Continental oval watercolour, figures and ruins in landscape. Oval 37 cm x 27 cm, framed.

Not Sold

William Joy (1803-1867), "Frigate in Heavy Sea", signed Joy, dated 1856, watercolour, 33 cm x 49 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Arthur William Mills (1878-1940), "River Alme Nr Wootton-Wawen, Warwickshire", signed, watercolour, 24 cm x 33.5 cm.

Not Sold

Richard William Halfnight MA (1855-1925), "Shepherd and Flock on a Rural Path", landscape beyond, signed, 17 cm x 23 cm.

Sold for £70

G Schroter (Dutch, 20th century), "A Cold Winter Day in Hoorn", signed, dated 1952 and titled oil on canvas, 51 cm x 61 cm.

Not Sold

Duncan Buchanan (Scottish, 20th century), "Frigate and Fishing Vessels off the Coast", signed, gouache, 21 cm x 30.5 cm.

Not Sold

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), A mountainous Lake District view, signed and dated 1873, watercolour, 23.5 cm x 40.5 cm. NOTE: born in Liverpool he was initially apprenticed to be an architect at the age of 15. He was accepted by the Royal Academy aged 25. He was a popular book illustrator and published his own book "From Midsummer to Martinmass - a West Cumberland Idyll 1891". Having exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the UK he was a founding member of the Lake Artists Society. He was commissioned for a a picture for the library in Queen Mary's dolls house.

Sold for £110

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), Crummock Water with Whiteside and Grasmoor beyond, signed, watercolour, 28 cm x 38 cm.

Not Sold

Michael Bennett (British, 1934-2016), "Above the Estuary", signed and dated 1982, oil painting on canvas, inscribed to the frame and stretcher verso, 51.5 cm x 61.5 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £580

Geoffrey Woolsey Birks (1929-1993), oil on board, Northern industrial townscape within landscape, probably Lancashire. 100 cm x 120 cm, framed, signed and dated 1975 (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £480

L.E. Caepy, Continental School, 19th century, half length portrait of a nun in cloisters and with Reynolds Angels and All Seeing Eye from emits Hic Regula Vitae, facing forward and holding a book inscribed "Scientia Jesu Crucifixi" (Knowledge Crucified), painted in an oval, inscribed "Mariae de Wart, Instituti Mariae de Anglia Fundatrix", with baroque cartouches to each corner each with religious iconograpghy, indistinctly signed and dated 1909. 117 cm x 92 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

D.T. Bradley, (British 20th century), "Maryport 1900", signed and dated 1971, oil on board. 38 cm x 75 cm.

Sold for £120

David Bradley, (British 20th century), "Maryport 1960", signed, oil on board. 24.5 cm x 34 cm.

Sold for £100

Continental School, 18th century, figure on horseback with hounds and herd of cows before buildings and lake, unsigned, oil on panel. 26 cm x 47 cm.

Sold for £240

George Bennett, "Christ Church, Maryport", signed, oil on panel, inscribed verso and dated 1960. 39.5 cm x 31 cm.

Sold for £50

J. Black, "Maryport Harbour", signed and dated 79, pen and ink. 55 cm x 44 cm.

Sold for £90

Alfred Wainwright, pen and ink drawing, "The Skiddaw Group from Ashness Bridge". 18 cm x 22.5 cm, framed, signed. ARR

Sold for £1600

Len Roope, watercolour, "Old Cockermouth". 19 cm x 27 cm, framed, signed and dated 1980.

Sold for £130

Len Roope, watercolour, "Cockermouth Castle". 23 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed and dated 1984 (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Len Roope, watercolour, "Blencathra". 25 cm x 34.5 cm, framed, signed and dated 1991.

Sold for £110

Len Roope, watercolour, "Melbreak". 26 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £350

Len Roope, watercolour, "Rannerdale Knotts, Morning". 27 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed and dated 1980.

Sold for £210

S. Wick, pair of Victorian oil paintings, cats. 27 cm x 34 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £200

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), pair of oils on canvas, "Ashness Bridge & Skiddaw, Cumberland" and companion. Each 19 cm x 28 cm, framed, signed and dated 1903 (see illustration).

Sold for £980

Tom Widdaker, (British 20th century), "Moonlight on the hard-west Itchenor", signed, gouache and watercolour, ink inscribed label verso "for Britain in watercolours 1982 at the Mall galleries", 19 cm x 28 cm.

Sold for £45

Tom Widdaker, (British 20th century), "Cabason, Provence", signed, watercolour, artist label verso. 23.5 cm x 33 cm.

Sold for £75

Tom Widdaker (British 20th century), two Limited Edition silk screens, "Cabason, Provence", (see preceding lot for original watercolour) signed and dated in pencil 82, Limited Edition 8/10, and "West Wittering", signed and dated in pencil 79, Limited Edition 3/6. Image 32 cm x 46 cm.

Sold for £90

Tom Widdaker, (British 20th century), "Deisa, Majorca" signed and dated 1970, watercolour: and "Dulsie Bridge, Nairn", signed and dated 77, watercolour, 37 cm x 48 cm and 29 cm x 99.5 cm respectively.

Not Sold

An oil painting on board, French beach scene. 45 cm x 54 cm.

Sold for £85

A Chris Kettle Limited Edition print, still life. 76 cm x 76 cm, framed.

Not Sold

A pair of Chris Kettle prints, triptychs. 36 cm x 118 cm, framed.

Not Sold

Oil on canvas, painting of a female figure "Iris". 101 cm x 75 cm, famed.

Sold for £480

Three watercolours, Officers in military uniform. Each 34 cm x 22 cm, framed, signed with initials.

Not Sold

Elizabeth Hart, a watercolour "On the Cornish Moors", 30 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Elizabeth Hart, watercolour, "Fishing Boats in Estuary", 18 cm x 28 cm, framed, signed.

Not Sold

George Farquar Pennington, watercolour "Corfe Castle, Dorset", 34.5 cm x 24 cm.

Not Sold

George Farquar Pennington, watercolour "Fishing Boats Majorca", 24 cm x 32 cm, framed, signed.

Not Sold

George Farquar Pennington, two watercolours "The Angel Choir Lincoln" and "In the North Transept Exeter", largest 53 cm x 36 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

George Farquar Pennington, two watercolours "Alcantara Sicily" and another, 27 cm x 35 cm and 24 cm x 38 cm respectively.

Sold for £55

George Farquar Pennington, two watercolours, fishing vessels, largest 38 cm x 27 cm.

Not Sold

B. Buxton, an Edwardian oil painting on panel, shepherd with flock. 18 cm x 23 cm, framed, signed and dated 1905.

Sold for £20

English School, 19th century, three quarter length portrait of a gentleman, seated and wearing a high neck collar, floral waistcoat and black jacket, red drape and landscape beyond, unsigned, oil on canvas. 91.5 cm x 71.5 cm.

Sold for £130

D. Gould, watercolour, "Windermere from Todd Crag". 46 cm x 72 cm, framed, signed and dated 1901.

Sold for £80

D. Gould, watercolour, "Langdale Pikes from Pye Howe". 36 cm x 46 cm.

Sold for £60

D Bates, pair of watercolours, "Fairfield Horseshoe, Rydal Hall from Loughrigg" and "Rydal Water from Loughrigg with Wansfell Pike". Each 35 cm x 50 cm, framed, signed and dated 190 (see illustration).

Sold for £700

Harry Sutton Palmer (1854-1933), watercolour, "Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park". 35 cm x 51 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £750

Donald A. Paton (Edward H. Thompson 1879-1949), watercolour, "Derwentwater and Jaws of Borrowdale". 25 cm x 34 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A pair of Edwardian prints, in the Art Nouveau style. Diameter 50 cm, each in mahogany frame.

Not Sold

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Derwentwater & Bassenthwaite". 17.5 cm x 25 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Ullswater from Pooley Bridge". 17.5 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Wasdale". 30 cm x 44.5 cm, framed, signed and dated.

Sold for £290