country sporting sale

Beswick, huntsman mounted on brown horse and 7 first Version foxhounds, 5 Second Version and a fox.

Sold for £160

5 books, to include The Complete Encyclopaedia of Hunting Rifles.

Sold for £5

8 reproduction gun case labels, to include Adams, Moore & Grey, Rigby, etc.

Sold for £15

Four folding pocketknives, (Johnson Weston Works and Rostfrei) and a small Kukri, blade measuring +/- 7".

Sold for £42

Four fixed blade knives, to include two William Rogers True Flite throwing knives, a William Rogers private purchase Commando type dagger and a Bowie knife.

Sold for £80

Joy Adamson "Born Free 8th edition September 1960, "Living Free" 2nd edition October 1961 and "Forever Free" published 1962.

Sold for £15

Dixon & Sons early 20th century dog whistle. Length 4 cm.

Sold for £45

Early 20th century postcard, depicting Tommy Dobson Eskdale huntsman.

Sold for £10

John Trickett, signed limited edition print, pair of West Highland terriers, 185/300. 52 cm x 43 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

John Trickett, signed limited edition print, farrier and shirehorse, 270/850. 29 cm x 44 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £22

Alan M Hunt (b. 1947), signed limited edition print "Magnificent", 324/950. 37 cm x 51 cm, framed, mounted and with Certificate of Authenticity.

Sold for £45

Michael Lyne (1912-1989), pencil study of foxes, unsigned, with Certificate of Authenticity, signed by Jessie M Lyne for the Lyne Trustees stating that it is confirmed to be an original unsigned work by Michael Lyne and identified by the Studio stamp. 22 cm x 29 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £48

In the manner of Owen Jones, an oak swill basket, made from coppiced oak and a hazel rim. Width 56 cm.

Sold for £32

Maysons of Keswick, large handcoloured photograph, "Foxhunting, Newlands The Blencathra". 39 cm x 59 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £25

A late 19th/early 20th century Schultz gunpowder tin, vintage air rifle pellet boxes and bullet boxes, blanks etc.

Sold for £55

Wildfowlers Association enamelled lapel badge. 22 mm.

Sold for £20

19 books on shooting, to include The Complete Shot by GT Teasdale Buckle and The Grouse in Health and Disease.

Sold for £25

The Hunting Horn What to Blow and How to Blow It by LCR Cameron, published Kohler & Son.

Sold for £30

West Cumbrian game book from 1940-1977, from various shoots to include Newton Manor, Isel Hall, Greysouthen, Wasdale, Skiddaw, Cockermouth Castle, Hall Bolton, Gilgarran.

Sold for £100

16 books on shooting, to include The Pheasants of The World by Jean Delacour and Birds Portraits by JC Harrison.

Sold for £40

8 books by or illustrated by Sir Peter Scott.

Sold for £22

12 books on wildfowling, to include Marsh & Mud Flat by Dawson and Goose Fever by Douglas McDougal.

Sold for £60

13 books on wildfowling, to include The New Wildfowler and The Diary of Peter Hawker Volumes 1 and 2.

Sold for £35

Two Border Fine Arts figures, "Summer Shade" No. 229/1500 and "Tug O' War".

Sold for £75

Late 20th century painted spelter figure of a hunting dog, in pointing pose and mounted on a marble plinth. Plinth width 60 cm, height 28 cm.

Not Sold

Painted bronze doorstop in the form of a Labrador with duck. Height 12 cm.

Sold for £70

Swaine & Adeney Ltd London, a child's or ladies riding crop with antler handle, 9 ct gold collar, date letter P, London, makers mark rubbed, late 19th/early 20th century, with crocodile skin effect shaft and leather thong. Length excluding thong 42 cm.

Sold for £100

After EJ Mene a large bronze figure of a huntsman and hound, raised on a bronze plinth. Length 108 cm, width 19 cm.

Sold for £980

Debbie Harris, limited edition print, "Spotlight", 240/250. 48 cm x 41 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £60

John Silver, signed limited edition print, "Heroes of The Hills", with Washington Green blind stamp, 57/750 and with Certificate of Authenticity. 40 cm x 33 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Three pictures Aspatria Harriers, a photograph "Hound Parade", photographs by Taylor of Carlisle at Aspatria Agricultural show August 25th 1898 featuring Arthur Lawson, Godfrey Lawson, Jack Foster etc, 25 cm x 30 cm, together with a photograph of a beagle pack and a print of Brayton Hall, the former home of the Lawsons.

Sold for £70

Lyon and Lyon a canvas and leather rifle motor case opening to a maroon baize lined interior with trade label to the lid "Lyon and Lyon, 16 Chowinghee Road, Calcutta - Practical Gun and Rifle Makers, late of Purdey & Sons, London, Calcutta and London. Length 100 cm.

Sold for £150

A leather and brass cornered shotgun motor case, opening to a maroon baize lined fitted interior with space for 29 1/2" barrels.

Sold for £120

A canvas and leather trimmed shotgun motor case, opening to a blue baize lined fitted interior with space for 31" barrels.

Sold for £38

C G Bonehill a leather shotgun motor case, opening to a maroon baize lined fitted interior with trade label to the lid C G Bonehill, Belmont Firearms and Gun Barrel Works, Belmont Row, Birmingham, with space for 30" barrels.

Sold for £240

A vintage mahogany cased Parker Hale miniature rifle cleaning kit, together with a tin of vintage cleaning equipment.

Sold for £35

J Purdey & Sons, a vintage mahogany folding shooting stick, height unfolded 76 cm, together with a Swaine Adeney shooting stick and another.

Sold for £170

Swaine Adeney a silver collared riding crop/whip (AF), together with four others, a leather covered bottle for giving water to ponies during polo matches with label stating "from India circa 1920", riding spurs etc.

Sold for £140

Swaine Adeney two silver collared riding whips, with antler handles, with Swaine buttons, hallmarks rubbed, with leather wrapped shafts leading to thong section and whip. Length excluding thong 48 cm.

Sold for £160

Bangalore Hunt Club, a hunt jacket with eight large and four small buttons marked BHC and marked to the back Buttons Limited, together with two photographs and a pair of silver plated spurs marked from WHB to TWH Bangalore 1927-28. NOTE: WHB is Lieutenant colonel William Powell Buckley - Buckley was a prominent member of the Welsh society and head of the Buckley Brewing dynasty in Llanelli, Carmarthanshire, he was also a member of the Carmarthanshire hunt, he founded the Bangalore Hunt Club whilst serving in the Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. TWH was TW Hamilton, who was a Lietenant Colonel in the Highland Light Infantry, who was a member of the Dumfriesshire Otter Hounds.

Sold for £380

A Baileys Hunting Directory 22 volumes, the earliest 1899-1900, the latest 1973-1974.

Sold for £65

Fourteen books to include Coaching Days of England, The Fox and the Orchid by Robin Page.

Sold for £22

Eight books to include Country Sense and Common Sense, Birds of the Countryside - a handbook of British Birds.

Sold for £18

Six books, to include Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds by Henry Seebohm and a leather bound copy of Home Life in Bird Land by Oliver G Pike, second edition 1906.

Sold for £50

A book The Faroe Hound, - its past, present and future by Pauline Block and Rita Laventhall Sacks, signed, limited first edition 1977, numbered 172/250.

Sold for £50

Two volumes The Hog Hunters Annual, volume II 1929 and volume III 1930, containing reviews of the pig sticking seasons and also containing various advertisements for Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Fiat, Harrison & Hussey etc.

Sold for £65

Nineteen books on horses and fox hunting, to include Plain or Ringlets, Jorracks edition and Letters on Hunting by Scrutator.

Sold for £25

Three pictures, an oil on board by H.M. Rillie of an otter dated 1958, 43 cm x 59 cm, together with an engraving by W.H. Hopkins and E. Havell of Mr Johnston Master of the Dumfriesshire Foxhounds and a print of otter hounds.

Sold for £40

Three pictures, Snaffles (Charles Johnson Payne 1884-1967), a signed print "Tally Ho Back", signed bottom left and with Snaffles bits blind stamp, 37 cm x 48 cm, together with "The sparrow catchin sort, a head like a lady a farewell like a cook" signed Snaffles bottom left with Snaffles bit blind stamp, 46 cm x 41 cm and a signed limited edition Leesa Sandis-Lumsdaine, numbered 91/500, 42 cm x 50 cm "Summer Silks".

Sold for £300

Wedgwood hare coursing jug, 13 cm, a glass dome with wooden base, overall height 19 cm, 5 pocketknives, spurs, brass horses, etc.

Sold for £30

Bangalore Hunt club buttons, 5 large and 4 small, marked verso "Barton".

Sold for £160

Field The Country Gentlemen's newspaper 1922-23, list of hounds, masters, huntsmen, secretaries, whippers in, poster. 97 cm x 69 cm.

Sold for £45

Lionel Edwards, limited edition print, rutting red stags, 188/200, 36 cm x 46 cm, mounted, and various other prints, Peter Scott, Panda, etc.

Sold for £18

Kenneth Bone a large landscape oil painting "River Cree Mud Flats" dated 1991 with a skeen of barnacle geese. 60 cm x 90 cm.

Not Sold

A Kukri knife with a 13" blade, marked tempered steel made in India with leather sheath.

Sold for £130

Two powder flasks, the first marked Dixon & Son with shell decoration, overall length 15 cm, and a pistol flask measuring 11 cm.

Sold for £50

J W Hawksley a copper bodied powder flask, with stag oak leaf and fox decoration, length 27 cm.

Sold for £42

James Dixson & Sons Sheffield, a German silver pharaohs horses powder flask, length 20 cm. See the powder flask book by Ray Riling page 221 for further examples.

Sold for £100

An Indian hunting knife, having a steel 6 1/2" blade with silver coloured crossguard, stag antler handle and silver coloured pommel, the wooden sheath with silver coloured mounts. Overall length 30 cm.

Sold for £60

A flintlock pistol, having a brass covered barrel, steel lock and ivory inlay to the handle. Overall length 39 cm.

Sold for £200

A pocket pistol with fluted steel barrel, folding trigger and chequered handle. Overall length 17 cm.

Sold for £170

A Belgian Pinfire revolver with a 3" hexagonal barrel, six shot cylinder, folding trigger, overall length 7 1/2". NO LICENCE REQUIRED.

Sold for £125

A pair of Carl Zeiss Jenoptem 8 x 30W binoculars, with case.

Sold for £30

A Finnish Puukko hunting knife, with a 3 1/2" blade, marked Christiana with carved wooden handle and matching carved scabbard.

Sold for £140

Richard Fisher 1925-2015, a large wooden carving of a pine martin and mouse mounted on a wooden base stamped Richard Fisher. Height 87 cm.

Sold for £280

R.P. Moore a watercolour "The Derwent Valley from Bridge Hill", depicting huntsman with hounds. 55 cm x 75 cm. NOTE: This is presumably the Brays of Derwent Foxhounds.

Sold for £100

Carl Zeiss Jena Jenoptem 8 x 30 binoculars, with case and instructions.

Sold for £30

Two leg of mutton gun cases, the first by Army & Navy CSL London, the second a canvas type material with leather straps.

Sold for £50

A pair of modern figures of leaping deer, having metal look bodies and mounted on wooden stands. Height 52 cm.

Not Sold

An Eley paperweight, having an Eley Grand Prix paper cased cartridge set in resin with shot and feathers. Height 12.5 cm.

Sold for £40

A John Shooter cartridge bag, together with a Solognac cartridge carrier.

Sold for £38

A Victorian silver presentation cup, by George Unite, Birmingham 1866, inscribed "Fifth Westmorland Rifle Volunteers 1867, Won by Corporal W Stalker 1877 and 8", 184 grams. Height 17.5 cm.

Sold for £150

C.R. Stock a set of six cock fighting scenes published by W.C. Lee "Start", "Getting to Work", "Business", "Fast Locked", "One Down", "Victory", 22 cm x 25 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £32

Of cock fighting interest - a set of six late 19th century cock fighting scenes, 8 cm x 9 cm, framed, together with F.B. Roberts painted bronze game cock Number 41/200, mounted on a mahogany plinth. Height 12 cm.

Sold for £120

Four pictures to include a print "Everything is Going to the Dogs", together with a Border Fine Arts limited edition figurine and three hunting tankards.

Sold for £75

Three pictures, a limited edition print of the Earl of Lonsdale numbered 43/100, 32 cm x 24 cm, framed and mounted, together with a photograph of Albert Benson and The Windermere Harriers, circa 1970 and a John Peel picture.

Sold for £38

A brass car mascot in the form of a running fox, mounted on a mahogany plinth. length 12 cm, together with a brass terrier.

Sold for £48

A World War II era machete, the sheath stamped McBrine 1943, another machete, a leather bodied shot flask and a military oil bottle stamped with a broad arrow and E.S.S. below a crown.

Sold for £95

Six new and used hip flasks, 6 oz and 8 oz.

Sold for £28

A bayonet with sheath, together with a Bowie knife stamped to the side "original" and a two knife set marked to the sheath "Philippines".

Sold for £120

George Wolstenholm & Son I* XL Sheffield Bowie knife, with 6" blade, brass crossguard and hardwood handle with sheath, together with a penknife with box and a selection of related paperwork.

Sold for £110

A military helmet mounting night vision binocular set, marked to the case "Receiving set infra-red binocular No. 1 Mk 1".

Sold for £95

Four Royal Doulton character jugs, three graduated John Peel and another titled "Gone Away".

Sold for £38

Two Royal Doulton figurines, "The Gamekeeper" and "The Huntsman", height 19 cm.

Sold for £90

Border Fine Arts, a Limited Edition figure of a red breasted goose, model A2097, number 92/500, mounted on a plinth. Height 30 cm, together with a Russell Willis peregrine falcon model A0657, a Royal Doulton Famous Grouse whisky decanter and a model of a red grouse.

Sold for £160

Border Fine Arts, a collection of figures, to include a Scottish wildcat, rabbit, fox, terrier with rabbit and black labrador with shotgun and mallard plus another figure of a gun dog with rabbit.

Sold for £170

Bear Archery apprentice 3 compound bow, left handed, with arrows.

Sold for £65

Junxing Archery recurve bow, together with a tube containing 20+ arrows.

Sold for £55

Buck "The Animated Trophy" singing deer head.

Sold for £130

Glen Lotes a signed poster titled "The Art of Glen Lotes" with a common lune with chick, dated '87, 99 cm x 64 cm.

Sold for £10

J C Harrison, a signed limited edition print of snipe, published by the Tryon Gallery, with blind back stamp, numbered 94
/250. 31 cm x 45 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £70

Howitt a set of six fox hunting engravings, 12 cm x 17 cm, framed and mounted, together with two A Cooper RA shooting engravings titled "In the Right Place" and "The First Brace", 12 cm x 16 cm.

Sold for £18

John William Wilkinson - Wilk 1906-1994, a watercolour cartoon depicting Jacky Airey of the Blencathra Foxhounds smoking a pipe with hounds, signed and dated 1989, 24 cm x 35 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £220

J Marttiini Finland - two fixed blade hunting knives, with 2 3/4" blades, wooden handles, the sheaths marked J Marttiini and Katvva.

Sold for £25

Normark a Fiskars Finland filleting knife, with 6" blade and leather sheath, together with two German fixed blade hunting knives, the larger marked Kronenkrebs Solingen Germany, with a 4 3/4" blade.

Sold for £35

J Marttiini Finland Explorer knife with a 3 3/4" blade, with sheath.

Sold for £35

Buck folding 110 knife having a 4" blade with hardwood scale handle and leather sheath.

Sold for £50

Puma Duke folding knife model 210 905 with 3 1/4" blade and antler scale handle, with sheath.

Sold for £130

Puma Earl folding knife model 210 900, with a 3" blade and stag antler handle with leather sheath.

Sold for £130

Puma Sergeant folding knife model 230 265, with 3 1/4" blade with a Whitby Knives leather sheath.

Sold for £95