antiques & fine art sale

6th September 2018

Lot 553

Anthony Orme, oil on panel, "The Girl on the Floor". 30 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed, with certificate of authentication. ARR

Sold for £100

Lot 554

Tony Rome, oil on panel, "Backwater, Venice". 30 cm x 15 cm, framed, signed, with certificate of authentication. ARR

Sold for £80

Lot 556

J Marsh "Entering Port" and "Off the Cape Grisnez" a pair of watercolours, signed and dated 1926, 17.5 cm x 43 cm.

Sold for £190

Lot 557

Arthur Ackland Hunt (fl.1863-1913) Elizabethan gentleman, signed Hunt, watercolour, mounted oval. 18.5 cm x 15 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 558

Amelia Coleman (English School, 19th century), Oxford from Iffley, signed, watercolour, 15.5 cm x 26.5 cm.

Sold for £160

Lot 560

Half length portrait of a young boy dressed as an officer of The Royal Artillery, 19th century, wearing a blue button jacket, indistinctly signed, watercolour and charcoal. 33 cm x 26.7 cm, mounted within an ebonised slip and in ornate moulded frame.

Sold for £70

Lot 561

Kate Colman "Shepherdess with Sheep", signed and dated 1892, charcoal and chalk, 41.5 cm x 13 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 562

Edwin Beaty (British, 19th century), "The Shambles from Church Street", signed and titled, watercolour, 21.5 cm x 35 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 563

Henry John Livens (1848-1943) still life, fruits on a mossy ground, signed and dated '79, oil on canvas. 49.5 cm x 59.5 cm.

Sold for £190

Lot 564

Margaret Campbell Macpherson (Canadian, 1860-1931) River running into a Loch, signed, oil on canvas, ink inscribed label verso. 64 cm x 53 cm.

Sold for £190

Lot 565

An oil painting on canvas, a First World War Army Officer, probably Irish Guards. 74 cm x 60 cm, framed.

Sold for £190

Lot 566

Attributed to William James Blacklock (1816-1858), two watercolours, "Miners Hut", 18.5 cm x 14 cm, inscribed in pencil verso "Near Coniston W.J. Blacklock", and a landscape with figure and sheep to foreground and distant town (possibly Carlisle), 27.5 cm x 18 cm, both mounted and framed.

Sold for £280

Lot 567

Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935 Scottish), oil on canvas, lady reading in room interior with table, plant and skin rug. 19.5 cm x 28 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

Lot 569

Four small antiquarian prints, "Westmerland" (sic) and "Cuberland" (sic), both showing a map and distances between villages and towns, each 11.5 cm x 11.5 cm, and two further descriptive prints "Westmorland" and "Cumberland", each 14.5 cm x 8 cm.

Sold for £90

Lot 571

After Sir William Russell Flint, a limited edition print "221/850 Confidential Exchanges" and another.

Sold for £65

Lot 573

Beatrice Poplett, oil on canvas still life flowers in oriental vase, 44 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £200

Lot 574

William Taylor Longmire, a pair of watercolours, Ashness Bridge and Companion, 29 cm x 50 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £170

Lot 575

A late Victorian pastel, busy shipping scene on the Thames, 81 cm x 120 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £620

Lot 576

W J Sutton, four watercolours battleships, HMS Malaya, Repulse, Warspite and Denae, each 12.5 cm x 22 cm, framed and signed.

Sold for £260

Lot 577

An antiquarian print "The Portsmouth Mail", London 1832, 33 cm x 56 cm, framed.

Sold for £40

Lot 579

A mono print depicting a bar scene, 48 cm x 71 cm, indistinctly signed in pencil.

Sold for £65

Lot 582

Harbeth, oil on canvas, Scottish river loch scene. 59 cm x 90 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £45

Lot 583

William G. Bell, oil on board, of the remains of a wooden boat. 48 cm x 75 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £50

Lot 584

Two antiquarian maps, "The County of Cumberland" by C&J Greenwood 1830, 62 cm x 70 cm, framed, and a New Map of the County of Westmorland, Second Edition 1808, C. Smith, 172 Strand, 49 cm x 53 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 585

Samuel Bough RSA (1822-1878), oil on canvas, "Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park". 54 cm x 71 cm, framed, signed and dated 1843 (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

Lot 586

Samuel Bough RSA (1822-1878), oil on board, "Dalston Hall, Cumberland". 28.5 cm x 38 cm, framed, signed and dated 1875 (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Lot 592

Samuel Bough RSA (1822-1878), oil on board, "Haweswater". 35 cm x 55 cm, framed, inscribed on reverse "Haweswater, Sam Bough 1844, an early ?, bought from the artist by Thomas Parkin" (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 596

William Henry Nutter (1821-1872), watercolour, "Construction of The Carlisle to Lancaster Railway". 31 cm x 46 cm, framed, signed and dated 1845 (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

Lot 598

Samuel Bough RSA (1822-1878), small watercolour, landscape sketch. 7.5 cm x 13.5 cm, framed and with Norham House Gallery label verso.

Sold for £110

Lot 600

An antiquarian map of Cumbria by Christopher Saxton, 29 cm x 34 cm, framed.

Sold for £75

Lot 603

An early 20th century print, steeplechase. 26 cm x 70 cm, in oak frame.

Sold for £50

Lot 604

A late 19th century oil painting, a steam ship "Ceylon". 36 cm x 46 cm, framed.

Sold for £380

Lot 605

Frank Shipsides, watercolour, "Broad Street, Bristol". 37 cm x 27 cm, framed, signed and dated 2000.

Sold for £40

Lot 606

J. Morris (19th century Scottish School), pair of watercolours, a coastal scene and woodland scene. Each 33 cm x 47 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £30

Lot 607

The Ancient Counties of England, set of 40 silver proof medallions issued by the Birmingham Mint, with certificate and mahogany presentation box (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 608

Four silver proof medals, commemorating The Investiture of HRH Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, three in a fitted case and with Certificate No. 1010, the other loose and with Certificate No. 2050. A Queen Elizabeth II Silver Wedding Anniversary silver proof crown 337 of 1972 and a silver proof £5 coin commemorating the Centenary of the First World War No. 853 of 3500.

Sold for £30

Lot 609

A handmade mahogany coin collectors cabinet by Peter Nichols, 30 sliding drawers with vacant coin apertures and two further short and one long drawer, all behind two glazed doors, width 48.5 cm height 46.5 cm, depth 33 cm

Sold for £350

Lot 610

A pair of modern "safe" coin drawer cabinets with six plush lined lockable drawers, half crowns and smaller. Width 38 cm, height 18 cm, depth 5.5 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 611

World silver coins to include a Morgan dollar, 1880, Peace dollar 1922, three Canadian dollars dated 1958, 1961 and 1967, three American silver half dollars 1952, 1964 and 1967, 10 x two shillings, 43 x one shilling, 4 x sixpence and a small quantity of low denomination world coins

Sold for £130

Lot 612

Coins of the British Isles, George III, George VI, comprising five crowns, two double florins, 14 half crowns, 8 florins, 88 shillings, 18 sixpences and 12 silver threepence, the majority all pre 1919.

Sold for £400

Lot 613

A small quantity of British Commonwealth and other silver content coins, to include Canadian silver dollar 1958, Victorian silver rupee and Edwardian silver rupee both 1901, South African and Australian shillings, Dutch gulden and numerous others (20.63 ounces gross weight)

Sold for £500

Lot 614

George VI, 1937 fifteen coin specimen set, crown to farthing including four Maundy coins in original case of issue (see illustration).

Sold for £210

Lot 615

Elizabeth II, 1953 ten coin Coronation set, crown to farthing, in original case of issue, a silver crown commemorating the hundredth birthday of Cecil Rhodes 1953 in original case of issue, two UK proof sets 1970 and 1994

Sold for £80

Lot 616

A large quantity of loose low denomination world coins, 18th-20th Century, various grades

Sold for £130

Lot 617

Irish Free State eight coin proof set, 1928, half crown to farthing, in original case of issue, some tarnishing to silver coins, but otherwise EF+ (see illustration).

Sold for £190

Lot 618

East India Company, Madras Presidency, gold 5 rupees (1/3 -Mohur), undated but circa 1820, OBV: lion holding crown left above shield, Rev, Persian legend panj rupiya kampani angrez bahadur, pierced, 3.8 grams, 19 mm diameter

Sold for £80

Lot 619

Miscellaneous coins to include James II gun money half crown, 1690, a Uruguayan copper 40 Centesimos, 1857, a Norwegian one skilling, 1801, Russian two Kopeks, 1812, five American liberty head 1 cents, 1817, 1833, 1839, 1851 and 1854, and Indian head cent, 1863 and three Roman coins, grades good to very good (14)

Sold for £110

Lot 620

Assorted coins comprising a Lundy Island one puffin, 1929, EF with traces of lustre, a Victorian state of Jersey, 124th of a shilling, 1888, EF and with traces of lustre, a Canadian 1 cent, 1893, EF with lustre, and Edward VIII East Africa 5 cents, 1936, EF with traces of lustre and a Territory of New Guinea 1 penny, 1936, EF with traces of lustre (5)

Sold for £30

Lot 621

Thomas Sharp, Portsmouth half penny token, 1797, OBV: Nautilus crowning a wreath on Admiral Sir John Gervis REV Sir John Gervis with fifteen sail pursued & defeated the Spanish Fleet of 27th sail of the line February 14th 1797, 29 mm diameter

Sold for £15

Lot 622

Three tokens of local interest, comprising Oughterside Colliery coal token issued by J Kirkhaugh, Ewanrigg Colliery coal token issued by A W Hillary Esq and a Whitehaven Cocoa and Coffee House Company Limited penny token rish Free State eight coin proof set, 1928, half crown to farthing, in original case of issue, some tarnishing to silver coins, but otherwise EF+ (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 623

George III silver bank token for 1s.6d. 1811 and a silver bank token for 10 pence Irish, 1805

Sold for £35

Lot 624

Twenty five assorted 18th and 19th Century trade tokens and gaming tokens, to include a Birmingham mint token issued by Ralph Heaton and Sons, Coiners, a Novia Scotia and New Brunswick half penny token, a Bank of Upper Canada half penny token, 1854, various grades

Sold for £30

Lot 625

A small collection of defaced coins, mementos, advertising and love tokens to include a George III half penny struck Thomas No. 3 Cock Lane, Barf Cutler, a George II shilling inscribed MAN above plants, George V shilling engraved W Forsyth 110703C.E. 18th DLI, (12)

Sold for £48

Lot 626

A large quantity of largely predominantly Georgian copper coins to include Cartwheel two pences, Cartwheel pennies, half pennies and other denominations, various grades

Sold for £320

Lot 627

Four albums of stamps, one predominantly British to include a Penny Black, BH with three good margins, 15 Penny Reds to include plates 78, 90, 170, another Victorian, Edward VII, George V, Edward VII, George VI and second issues, a Stanley Gibbons Ace album containing world stamps, and two further albums.

Sold for £55

Lot 628

Two Victorian Penny Black stamps, SJ, one with black Maltese Cross and three good margins, the other with red Maltese Cross cancellation and two good margins.

Sold for £75

Lot 629

George I shilling, 1723, SSC in angles, 26 mm, and a Victorian double florin, 1890, Jubilee head, VF+.

Sold for £65

Lot 630

George II and George III shillings, 1745, Lima, and 1787, with semee of hearts, crowns in angles, both VF+.

Sold for £90

Lot 631

Malta - Francisco Ximenez De Texada, 2 Scudi, 1774, armoured bust right Rev. Crowned Shield of Arms, F+ - VF (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Lot 632

Ethiopia, Menelik II one Birr, 1892, crown size, crowned bust right, Rev. standing lion left, F+ (see illustration).

Sold for £40

Lot 633

France - Napoleon I, 5 Francs, 1812, Lyon, F: A George V British trade Dollar, F+ 1930: and a George V 1 Rupee 1916, F+.

Sold for £55

Lot 634

World coins comprising Portugal, Pedro II 10 Reis, 1703: Joseph I 10 Reis, 1764: Isobel II Spain, 8 Maravedis, 1850, British Burma, 1 silver Kyat, 1853, Straits Settlement 1 Cent, 1872, Cyprus ½ Piastre, 1879, British North Borneo 1 Cent, 1890, two American Cents 1837 and 1851 and others (17) mixed grades

Sold for £95

Lot 635

George II farthing, 1739, George II half penny, 1754, George III "cartwheel 2 pence", 1797, George III penny, 1806, Victorian penny, 1854, grades F-F+

Sold for £28

Lot 636

Commemorative's and tokens, Comprising Bank of Upper Canada half penny token, 1854: Napoleon III and Queen Victoria noble alliance medallion, 1854, a white metal token commemorating Bradley Wood fete, June 28th and 29th 1855 (South Devon Railway): a white metal pendant commemorating the opening of the Mersey Tunnel 1934: and the Bell medal, presented by the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs

Sold for £10

Lot 637

A Chinese 1000 Cash coin, Xianfeng era (1853), cast brass "Xian Feng Yuan Bao" 58 mm diameter, VF+: five Tai-Xin-Ti-Kuo copper coin 20 cash, five Hu-Peh Province 10 cash, four Tia-Xin-Ti-Kuo copper coin 10 cash and four Republic of China 10 cash and six Chinese fortune coins (25) (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Lot 638

Collection of nine Chinese tokens commemorating Emperors of the Qing Dynasty (Jiaqing and Xiangfeng missing) 39 mm diameter

Sold for £35

Lot 639

Chinese silver coloured coins, comprising eight Hu-Peh Province, three Mace and six Candareens (50 cents), three times Kirin Province, three Candarins (50 cents), a Yun-Nan Province three Mace and six Candareens, a Kiang-Soo 20 cash, further Chinese silver coins to include Peoples Republic, and two Japanese 50 sen, all late 19th/early 20th century (22) (see illustration).

Sold for £65

Lot 640

A very large quantity of loose World coins, 18th to 20th century.

Sold for £150

Lot 641

A good Philatelic collection, comprising three Utile hinged leaf albums, a Senator album and a Strand album containing hundreds of assorted early, later stamps to include British Colonies, Commonwealth and Provinces, World stamps, album of loose and mounted stamps, and three binders of First Day Covers.

Sold for £200

Lot 642

Elizabeth II United Kingdom silver proof anniversary coin collection, 1996, £1 to 1 penny, in fitted presentation case with certificates No: 00137

Sold for £50

Lot 643

Elizabeth II, four silver proof Piedfort £1 coins, 1997-2000 and a silver proof Piedfort 20 pence, 1982 with certificate, all issued by the Royal Mint and in cases of issue

Sold for £70

Lot 644

Elizabeth II, 1997 silver proof Britannia collection four coin set, £2 - 20 pence, issued by the Royal Mint, with certificate and original presentation case

Sold for £85

Lot 645

The Royal Wedding stamp replicas, in 22 ct gold and proof silver, commemorating the Wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips 14th November 1973, in original case of issue and with certificates, set No: 1543 of 3000 (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Lot 646

A Commonwealth Bahamas proof set, 1974, $5 - 50 cents in silver, 25 cent - 5 cent nickel and copper nickel and 1 cent in brass, minted at the Franklin Mint within plastic shield and fitted presentation case with all certificates and a first National coinage of Barbados Proof set, 1973, with all certificates and in original case, issue by the Franklin Mint

Sold for £30

Lot 647

Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation ten coin set, 5 shillings to farthing, issued by the Royal Mint, in original case: and an Elizabeth II set of Isle of Man silver coins £1 - ½ penny, issued by the Pobjoy Mint Limited, in original case

Sold for £55

Lot 648

United Kingdom proof coin collections, 1970-2002, issued by the Royal Mint, all in original presentation cases (33)

Sold for £480

Lot 649

Maundy money, 1971, 4d-1d, in original presentation box

Sold for £95

Lot 650

Elizabeth II, two x coinage of the British Virgin Isles proof sets, 1974 and 1975, a coinage of Belize proof set, 1975, each issued by the Franklin Mint, the Bank of Uganda six coin set, 1966, Elizabeth II Jersey two coin set 1966, other uncirculated coins

Sold for £42

Lot 651

Elizabeth II silver proof coins to include a Jersey frosted sterling silver seven proof set 1983, silver proof £5 1997, two 1997 trade dollars, a 1995 Second World War £2 coin, three Britannia silver £2 coins 1998, 1999 and 2003, a Britannia silver proof 20 pence, 1997 and an Isle of Man silver proof crown 1978

Sold for £85

Lot 652

A large quantity of Royal commemorative medals, including Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, Coronation of Edward VII, George V, George VI, Prince of Wales Investiture, all VF-EF

Sold for £80

Lot 653

A large silver medallion celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II, 57 mm diameter, four silver proof coins comprising Falklands Island £5, 1997, East Caribbean States silver proof $10, 1997, a Fiji silver proof $10, 1997, and a Guernsey silver proof £1, 1997, and six further miscellaneous coins

Sold for £45

Lot 654

Queen Victoria silver medallion commemorating her Golden Jubilee, 1837-1897, in original case of issue and an Edward VII bronze coronation medallion 1902, in original case of issue, 56 mm and 55 mm respectively

Sold for £120

Lot 655

A collection of twenty five WWF First Day coin covers, a railway sesquicentennial medallic First Day cover, Britannia coin and stamp collection, further First Day covers, tubes of uncirculated pennies, 1966 and 1967 and a tube of uncirculated three pence, 1967

Sold for £35

Lot 656

Napoleon as Emperor, bronze medallion commemorating the marriage of Napoleon to Marie Louise 1810, designed by Manfredini of Milan, obverse with conjoined busts right: reverse Hymen with flaming torch chases Mars 42 m, and a medallion commemorating the wedding of Prince Rainier of Monaco to Grace Kelly 19th April 1956 obv, conjoined busts left rev, crowned arms, 30 mm

Sold for £55

Lot 657

USA - miniature $10 gold piece, 1933, struck in 14 ct gold, mounted and with certificates

Sold for £22

Lot 658

A British Lusitania Propaganda Medal, 1915, 55 mm diameter and a contemporary leather medallion of the same, 57 mm diameter

Sold for £22

Lot 659

Fifty predominantly 18th century trade tokens to include a good example of a Bath farthing, 1795, inscribed for M Lambe & Son, with lots of lustre, and other tokens from Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Essex, Hull, Kent, London, Middlesex, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Southampton etc, the majority all halfpenny tokens and a small amount of 19th century penny and halfpenny tokens grades F-VF and a George III "cartwheel" two pence, 1797 (52)

Sold for £580

Lot 660

An album of predominantly British coins George III - Elizabeth II, to include a George IV half crown, 1826, a Victorian crown and double florin, Victorian and Edwardian florins, shillings, six pences, threepences, assortment of pennies, halfpennies and farthings, George III Isle of Man halfpenny and many others, various grades

Sold for £180

Lot 661

A small quantity of silver content coins to include a Victorian double florin and a Mexican pesos, (approximately 3.5 ounces of silver), Queen Elizabeth II Jersey £5 coin, 2006 (with certificates), two Elizabeth II £5 coins, 1997 and 2000, a quantity of commemorative crowns, two Elizabeth II presentation £5 coins, 2006, a quantity of George III to pre-decimal low denomination coins

Sold for £60

Lot 662

Great Britain, Commonwealth (1649-1660) silver half groat

Sold for £20

Lot 663

The Comet stamp album deluxe, the contents of World stamps therein, a further Victorian stamp album, a quantity of loose stamps and First Day covers and a Senior Service cigarette card album with contents of black and white photographic cards therein to include Cavanders Limited "peeps into many lands"

Sold for £30

Lot 664

Elizabeth II, 2009 UK Executive twelve coin proof set, including the rare Kew Garden 50p, No. 0795 in fitted presentation case with certificates, issued by Royal Mint (see illustration).

Sold for £170

Lot 665

A collection of fourteen 24 ct gold miniature coins, all 1/20th ounce to include Maple leaf, Robert Burns, Australian Kangaroo, Henry V 500th anniversary coin and others, nine with certificates

Sold for £500

Lot 666

Edward VII gold sovereign, 1910

Sold for £180

Lot 667

Victoria gold sovereign, 1900, old veiled head, VF+

Sold for £190

Lot 668

Edward VII, gold sovereign, 1906, EF+

Sold for £180

Lot 669

George V, gold sovereign, 1912, EF

Sold for £190

Lot 670

George V, gold sovereign, 1925, EF

Sold for £190

Lot 671

Victoria, gold half sovereign, 1900, VF+

Sold for £110

Lot 672

Elizabeth II, 24 ct gold proof Isle of Man Angel, .999 half ounce, issued by the London Mint Office, Limited Edition of 199, in a plush lined presentation box with certificate, diameter 26 mm (see illustration).

Sold for £350