country sporting sale

Alan Wood fixed blade hunting knife, with hollow round 4" blade, signed A Wood 1988, with composite handle and leather sheath. Note: The knife was made for the vendor and has not been used.

Sold for £260

Archibald Thorburn a black and white print "Sable Antelope", by the Swan Electric Engraving Company, 24 cm x 41 cm, framed and mounted, together with a Thorburn print of red grouse with blind back stamp Numbered 244, 31 cm x 51 cm.

Sold for £20

Archibald Thorburn four black and white prints, by the Swan Electric Engraving Company "Partridge", "Snipe", "Black Game" and "Unapproachable Geese", 24 cm x 40 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £40

Eight foxhunting engravings, two by Robert Houston RSW after J Pollard, 31 cm x 43 cm and a series of six titled "Bachelors Hall", 26 cm x 35 cm.

Not Sold

Locke & Co Hatters, St James Street, London, a riding bowler hat together with another bowler, and a Christies of London silk top hat.

Sold for £60

A Collection of foxhunting related items, to include Swaine Adeney spurs, a pair of Wynn Timmons wire cutters with Swaine & Brigg leather holster, boot pulls, riding whip and a Jacqmar of London scarf and a similar silk handkerchief with foxhunting motif.

Sold for £190

Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt foxhunting jacket, with 8 large and 6 small buttons, made by Firmin, London.

Sold for £65

Vintage bar brooch in the form of a pheasant, in earlier box.

Sold for £55

6 horse racing prints, to include Limited Editions by NW Brunyee and AJ Gorseman.

Sold for £25

A cast weathervane in the form of man shooting with dog. Height including bracket 90 cm.

Sold for £110

Holland & Holland a vintage canvas and leather shotgun slip, together with a 12 bore cartridge belt.

Sold for £38

A tin can shooting gallery game, together with a quantity of crossbow bolts.

Sold for £25

A Wetheral & District Rabbit Clearance Society Limited official stamp, late 19th/early 20th century.

Sold for £32

A collection of reloading and other equipment, to include three bullet moulds, powder measure and possibly a punt gun wad punch.

Sold for £90

A vintage leg hold trap, width 16 cm.

Sold for £32

A First World War brass shell case, dated November 1914, together with four 39 mm brass cases, a Kukri knife and two Jack knives.

Sold for £42

Ross London Solaross 9 x 35 binoculars, with case.

Sold for £20

Six Franklin Mint collectors knives, depicting rainbow trout, big horn ram, wild boar, ten point buck, grizzly bear and large mouth bass.

Sold for £65

Five Franklin Mint collectors knives, featuring ring necked pheasant, mallard, canvas back, North American elk, black labrador and another fixed blade knife with an owl handle.

Sold for £65

Seven Franklin Mint collectors knives, depicting eagles.

Sold for £90

Five pairs of horse riding spurs by Swaine Adeney London, Maxwell Dover Street London, together with stirrups, bits etc.

Sold for £48

Dumfries Foxhounds a set of four buttons, made by Pitt & Co together with a Dumfries Foxhounds tie.

Sold for £32

Dumfries Foxhounds a pair of silver hallmarked cufflinks, Birmingham date letter C for 1952, width 16 mm.

Sold for £65

A pair of late 19th century horse portraits on artists board, 22 cm x 15 cm with gilt slips and oak frames.

Sold for £48

A late 19th century oil portrait of a bay horse in stable, 21 cm x 29 cm with gilt slip and oak frame.

Sold for £180

A late 19th century oil on canvas of a black horse in stable, signed to the bottom right with a monogrammed to the left VW. 28 cm x 38 cm with gilt slip and oak frame.

Sold for £110

Kohler & Son silver plate and copper hunting horn, 22 cm long 4.5 cm at bell end, marked Kohler & Son Makers Bromley, Kent (from Covent Garden, London).

Sold for £160

Swaine Adeney silver plate and copper hunting horn, length 22.5 cm 5 cm at bell end. Marked Swaine Adeney 185 Piccadilly, London. Proprietors of Kohler & Son made in England.

Sold for £140

Swaine Adeney a silver plate and copper hunting horn, length 23 cm 4 cm at bell end. Marked Swaine Adeney. Proprietors of Kohler & Son made in London England.

Sold for £180

David Reed Vale of Lune Harriers, a Kohler & Son silver plate and copper hunting horn, length 23 cm, 4 cm at bell end. Presented to Vivienne Helme and given to Bill Burdon who presented to David Reed who dedicated his life to hunting, shooting, dog breeding and training. He started his hunting life at the Llanangibby Hunt then proceeded to the Brays of Derwent, Haden Fife, Holdeness and finally The Vale of Lune.

Sold for £380

Two walking sticks, one with hazel shaft and buffalo horn thumb section, length 137 cm, the other with horn crook handle, length 126 cm.

Sold for £55

Foxhunting Interest - Leather hunting horn holder, hound coupling collars and a set of wire cutters with holder.

Sold for £100

Two Victorian military bayonets, 21 1/2" triangular hollow ground blades, in leather scabbards with brass fittings, one scabbard marked "34".

Sold for £160

French bayonet, with brass handle and cruciform blade, British spike bayonet stamped "VNS".

Sold for £110

Quantity of Holland & Holland catalogues and promotional pamphlets, showcasing guns such as the Dallas Gun, African Hunter Series, to include the Sellous rifle and the Theodore Roosevelt rifle.

Sold for £50

Quantity of gunmakers catalogues, to EJ Churchill, David MacKay Brown, WW Greener, Holland & Holland, etc.

Sold for £32

Twelve reproduction gunmakers trade labels, to include Gail & Son of Barnstaple, John Dickson & Son, etc.

Sold for £15

Brady type canvas and leather shotgun motor case, with maroon baize lined interior with reproduction William Powell & Son label, space for 28" barrels.

Sold for £120

Westley Richards leather and oak shotgun motor case, with green baize lined interior with trade label Westley Richards & Co., Gun Manufacturers, Birmingham, and 170 New Bond Street, London, with instructions for the cleaning of the patent breach loading snap gun (AF).

Sold for £60

John Dickson & son canvas leather and brass cornered motor case, with maroon baize lined interior with trade label John Dickson & son, Gun & Rifle Manufacturers, 63 Princess Street, Edinburgh, space for 27" barrels.

Sold for £150

Retrospect Reminiscences & Impressions of A Hunter Naturalist by Able Chapman, 1st Edition 1928, published Gurney & Jackson, London and Edinburgh.

Sold for £10

41 Holts Auction catalogues 2005-2017.

Not Sold

10 books on shooting, to include Hunters Fen by John Humphreys with a letter referring to Roaring Emma.

Sold for £20

Rowland Watson leather shotgun motor case, with dark green baize lined interior with trade label Rowland Watson, Gunmaker, 17 Whittal Street, Birmingham, space for 30" barrels.

Sold for £130

Eley Kynoch vintage wooden cartridge crate, and 2 military 303 ammo cases.

Sold for £35

Early 20th century Kynoch ammunition advertising mirror, marked to the centre with the Kynoch Ltd. trademark, in oak frame marked to top Kynoch and bottom Ammunition. 78 cm x 68 cm.

Sold for £820

12 books on guns, to include The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Firearms by Ian V Hogg.

Sold for £40

Cumberland Militia, 2 brass plates stamped CM and M (Cumberland). Widths 5 cm and 6.5 cm.

Sold for £110

Cumberland Militia and Cumberland & Westmorland Yeomanry brass badges. Widest 7.5 cm.

Sold for £130

Silver and silver plated spoons, to include Essex Rifle Club, Penrith Miniature Rifle Club and NSRA and NRA medals, cloth badges, etc.

Sold for £20

An interesting leather pouch, opening to fitted wooden interior with 18 apertures containing 10 metal tubes, possibly for powder charges, a leather pouch marked to the rear T Thomason & Co., 1917, a wooden 22 bullet holder and an empty Weston 303 ball cartridge box dated September 1940.

Sold for £200

Two books, BSA & Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifles by John Knibbs and Air Rifles by Dennis E Hiller.

Sold for £120

National Rifle Association Bisley Common 1902 programme, with adverts for Rigby Rifles, Thomas Bland & Sons, etc.

Sold for £20

Two military books, Japanese Infantry Weapons prepared by the Military Intelligence Division dated 31st December 1943 and Instructions for Armourers 1912 reprint 1916, Instructions for Care and Repair of Rifles magazine 303 patent 1914.

Sold for £35

Five American books, to include Textbook of Firearms Investigation, Identification & Evidence by JS Hatcher, 2 books by John E Parsons, The Peacemaker & Its Rivals and Henry Deringer's Pocket Pistol, etc.

Sold for £20

Ten books on firearms, to include The British Soldiers Firearm 1850-1864 by CH Roads.

Sold for £20

Books pamphlets etc., to include Webley and Winchester catalogues, notes on the proof of shotguns and other small arms, Pistol Shooting, etc.

Sold for £10

Enbeeco London field telescope, four draw, Parker Hale tripod and motorcycle dispatch satchel marked 1944.

Sold for £75

Two late Georgian/early Victorian bayonets, smaller with triform blade, 42 1/2 cm, marked with star, crown and No. 5, with sheath, and another with 62 cm blade, fullered, both with socket fittings.

Sold for £1600

Border Fine Arts limited edition figure "Lifting Off", 238/2500, a pheasant dated '79 and a grey partridge dated '78.

Sold for £65

Four Border Fine Arts figures, a gentleman shooting at peg No. 3 with two black labradors, black labrador with duck and gun, fox dated '78 and roe doe and kids dated '78.

Sold for £120

Royal Falcon Ware, 39 piece dinner service decorated with pheasants, woodcock, partridge, ducks, etc.

Sold for £38

Beswick pheasant, Model No. 1774, silhouette pheasant salt and pepper shakers, figurines, etc.

Sold for £40

five hip flasks, 3 sets of stainless steel cups and triple travelling drinks holder.

Sold for £38

Ashley R Boon (b. 1959), signed limited edition print of a roe buck in woodland, 8/100, with vignette of roe buck to bottom right. 46 cm x 51 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £42

Ashley R Boone (b. 1959), signed limited edition print of bassett hounds playing, 311/850. 35 cm x 51 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £40

Ashley R Boone (b. 1959), signed limited edition print of teal, 8/50 and with vignette of teal. 30 cm x 31 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

Ashley R Boone (b. 1959), signed limited edition print of red grouse, 8/50 and with vignette of grouse. 33 cm x 32 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £40

12 books programmes etc., to include The Roughshooter's Dog by Michael Brander and a wildfowling register.

Sold for £10

Bamboo walking stick, with combined horse measuring tool up to 18 hands.

Sold for £70

Steel bladed sword stamped Solingen, chromed hilt, leather wrapped handle and matching scabbard. Overall length 108 cm.

Sold for £65

Taxidermy - Peter Spicer & Son fox mask, mounted on oak shield with plaque Craigbeck - Shortwood End, February 17th 1936, impressed marked verso Peter Spicer & Sons, Taxidermists, Leamington, this is thought to be Dumfries Foxhounds.

Sold for £170

Taxidermy - Six point roebuck mask, mounted on oak shield.

Sold for £45

Taxidermy - Otter mask, mounted on walnut shield, pre 1947. Shield length 21 cm.

Sold for £150

Taxidermy - Pater Spicer & Sons otter pad, mounted on oak shield with plaque DOH (Dumfries Otterhounds), Hoddom Island, May 10th 1930, stamped, verso Peter Spicer & Sons Taxidermists, Leamington. Shield length 17 cm.

Sold for £170

Taxidermy - Peter Spicer & Sons fox mask, mounted on oak shield with plaque Ullswater Foxhounds, Mardale, April 29th 1935, verso P. Spicer & Sons Taxidermists, Leamington.

Sold for £190

Taxidermy - Two pairs of red stag antlers on quarter skulls, 9 and 10 point.

Sold for £140

Taxidermy - Two pairs of red stag antlers on quarter skulls, 9 and 6 point.

Sold for £95

Taxidermy - Three pairs of red stag antlers on quarter skulls.

Sold for £140

Taxidermy - Full mount fox with snipe prey, with watercolour background, in mahogany case. Case width 116 cm, height 62 cm, depth 34 cm.

Sold for £100

Taxidermy - French coat hook in form of a roe buck head, mounted on an oak plaque and with roe slot hangers. Shield height 70 cm.

Sold for £100

Taxidermy - Victorian cased Kingfisher, in naturalistic setting. Height 25 cm, width 19 cm, depth 12 cm.

Sold for £300

Taxidermy - Peter Spicer & Sons Leamington, a fox mask with brush mounted on an oak shield with plaque "Killed at Robin Rock 11th September 1926" with Peter Spicer stamp to the rear.

Sold for £130

Taxidermy - Cased Ferox trout, reputedly caught in Windermere, in an oak framed case, the fish length +/- 16", frame measuring 27 cm x 57 cm.

Not Sold

Taxidermy - In the manner of Murray of Carnforth a fox mask mounted on an oak shield with plaque CFH 11/12/33 with brush.

Sold for £80

Taxidermy - Pair of black buck horn salad forks, with silver plated ends, end caps initialled "MH". Length 56 cm.

Sold for £140

Taxidermy - Van Ingen Mysore Bangalore Hunt Club jackal mask, mounted on wooden shield. Shield 31 cm, with inset Bangalore Hunt Club button, stamped verso "Van Ingen Mysore" and with paper label addressed to T.W. Hamilton.

Sold for £320

Taxidermy - Bangalore Hunt Club 4 jackal pads, 3 mounted as menu holders, 3 paper cuttings and Bangalore Hunt list of hounds dated June 1927, Master & Huntsman Captain W.H. Buckley, the Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, First Whip Mr H.E.G. St. George, Second Whip Mr T.W. Hamilton.

Sold for £680

Taxidermy - Buck Otterhounds otter pad, with silver coloured mount stamped "B.O.H May 12th 1898". Length 7 cm.

Sold for £10

Taxidermy - Plaster cast 35 lb Atlantic Salmon, mounted on a mahogany board with attached label: 35 lb Salmon - a salmon of 62lb was caught in 1908 from the River Derwent near Cockermouth", the fish measuring 112 cm.

Sold for £1600

Taxidermy - Replica full size human skeleton, +/- 5' 6".

Sold for £85

Taxidermy - Eight sheep's horns (suitable for stick making).

Sold for £22

Taxidermy - Otter pad brooch, pre 1947 stamped sterling silver. Length 8.5 cm.

Sold for £25

Taxidermy - A six point roe buck skull, antler length +/- 20 cm.

Sold for £12

Taxidermy - Fox mask mounted on a mahogany shield, marked to the back J McKnight Bigrigg, Cumbria, in fell November '86 with brush.

Sold for £28

Taxidermy - Badger mask. Protruding from wall +/- 20 cm.

Sold for £70

Taxidermy - Jackalope mask, mounted on an oak shield. Shield length 25 cm. NOTE - A jackalope is a mix between a hare and a roe deer.

Sold for £70

Taxidermy - Fox mask, protruding from wall 27 cm, and two brushes.

Sold for £65

Taxidermy - Ullswater Foxhounds fox mask, mounted on oak shield, 28 cm, with plaque "Ullswater Hounds, Dufton Pike, 7th 2nd '92".

Sold for £95

Bob Church Traveller trout fly rod, in four sections, 8', line 5-6.

Sold for £32