antiques & fine art sale

2nd September 2020

Lot 778

A late 19th century walking cane, ebonised, with silver coloured metal collar and with carved ivory dogs head terminal. Length 84.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Lot 779

Five walking sticks and canes, one with faceted silver mount, Birmingham 1922, maker probably William Neale.

Sold for £75

Lot 780

An Edwardian parasol, with silver mount, London 1903, and a Victorian cane with silver coloured metal mount.

Sold for £65

Lot 781

A Masonic Knights Templar sword by Wilkinson Sword Ltd., with wire bound grip and complete with scabbard. Overall length 85 cm.

Sold for £90

Lot 782

A carved alabaster figure of a reclining nude on daybed. Length 39 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 783

After Francois Gerard (French 1770-1837), a portrait miniature "Marshall of the Empire Michel Ney" wearing blue jacket with gilt epaulettes and painted on an oval ivory panel, 8 cm x 10 cm, indistinctly signed and dated and in gilt metal frame with ribbon surmount.

Sold for £240

Lot 784

Three miniatures, two painted on porcelain and another possibly on ivory, largest frame height 40 cm.

Sold for £300

Lot 785

Taxidermy - A cased red squirrel. Case 32 cm x 39 cm x 18 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 786

Durham Light Infantry, four mounted badges in oak frame, external dimensions 26 cm x 24 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 787

A case of 19th century glass Lake District negatives, and a few of alpine views, by local photographers including Abraham Brothers, Bell, etc. +/- 50.

Sold for £170

Lot 788

Two 19th century Reverend John Brown family bibles.

Not Sold

Lot 789

A Persian white coloured metal teapot. Height 24 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 790

Taxidermy - A cased pair of cock and hen pheasants, bearing label "Preserved by T Roberts, Norwich". Case width 92 cm.

Sold for £220

Lot 791

Taxidermy - A Victorian kestrel group, with nest and young. Case 61 cm x 66 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £350

Lot 792

A cased Greenheart trout fly fishing rod, three piece. Length 12'.

Sold for £50

Lot 793

A German viola, circa 1960, with internal label printed "Berini", with two piece back. Body 39.5 cm, 66 cm overall.

Sold for £48

Lot 794

A Chinese 7/8th size violin, with two piece back. Body 33.5 cm, overall 56 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 795

A Hidersine "Piacenza" full size violin, 20th century, two piece back. Body 35 cm, overall 59 cm.

Sold for £55

Lot 796

An Egyptian Faience Shabti figure, turquoise. Height including stand 12.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 797

A brass hanging lantern light fitting, with three bulbs, glass panels and door. Height to top of hanging loop 58 cm.

Sold for £150

Lot 798

A bronze figure of a young boy, in standing pose with arms raised to hold a musical instrument. Height 26 cm.

Sold for £28

Lot 799

A Victorian brass bird cage on stand. Cage diameter 28 cm, overall height 190 cm.

Sold for £170

Lot 800

A pair of brass four branch candle sconces, with faceted glass drops. Height +/- 27 cm, width 30 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 801

A gilt painted metal and faceted glass six branch candelabra, with faceted drops. Diameter +/- 56 cm, height of centre section from lowest point of metalwork to top scroll 46 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 802

A large Victorian hall lantern, hexagonal, with leaded and stained glass panels. Overall height 72 cm, width 35 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Lot 803

A brass boot form stick and umbrella stand. Height 56 cm.

Sold for £95

Lot 804

A 19th century brass rectangular galleried fire kerb. External length 115 cm, depth 28 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 805

A pair of brass table lamps with shades, each with Corinthian capital. Height including shade 76 cm.

Sold for £140

Lot 806

A brass table lamp, with fluted column and stepped base. Height including shade 84 cm.

Sold for £55

Lot 807

A cylindrical glass hall lantern, decorated with Oriental figural scenes. Height 54 cm.

Sold for £110

Lot 808

One volume "Peter Pan's ABC", London Humphrey-Milford Oxford University Press, illustrated in colour by Flora White.

Sold for £48

Lot 809

A Beck of London microscope, No. 782, cased.

Not Sold

Lot 810

A Fowlers "Magnum" long scale calculator, with leather case and instruction booklet. Diameter 11.8 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 811

Three albums of vintage postcards, including views of old China, Bonzo dogs, Mabel Lucie Attwell, etc.

Sold for £170

Lot 812

Milo, bronze nude female figure, on marble plinth. Height 24 cm.

Sold for £160

Lot 813

Pohl, bronze nude female figure, kneeling and raised on a marble base. Height 14 cm, length 14 cm.

Sold for £350

Lot 814

A Victorian pig Vesta holder, and an insect Vesta holder. Each length 12 cm.

Sold for £38

Lot 815

A case of W&T Avery balance scales, with a series of weights, box width 17 cm, and another set.

Sold for £50

Lot 816

Two Indonesian masks. Height 29 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 817

A West Riding Regiment photograph frame, copper and silver plated. Width 18 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 818

Two vintage ukulele banjos, each cased, and a Hohner "The Echo" mouth organ, boxed.

Sold for £75

Lot 819

A Victorian pen tray, a tankard shaped silver plated mustard, toast rack and sugar basin.

Sold for £38

Lot 820

An Art Deco silver plated and mother of pearl effect photograph frame, a toast rack, pair of specimen vases and a silver mounted carving set.

Sold for £65

Lot 821

A vintage dressing table set, comprising tray, mirror, candlesticks, brushes and powder bowl.

Sold for £40

Lot 822

A pair of embossed brass photograph frames, each with easel back. Height 29 cm, width 18.5 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 823

Two opium pipes, one cloisonne. Each height 28 cm.

Sold for £38

Lot 824

Two copies of "Owl Pie" 1951 and 1952, and other military publications.

Not Sold

Lot 825

A set of postal scales and weights, length 18 cm, a Victorian hand bell and pair of brass candlesticks.

Sold for £38

Lot 826

Three 19th century papier mache snuffboxes, two depicting Napoleon, the third Paganini. Each diameter 8.5 cm.

Sold for £260

Lot 827

A Victorian bronze of Napoleon Bonaparte. Height 31 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 828

A vintage bone mounted mahjong set, complete with cloth trays and instructions.

Sold for £60

Lot 829

A Regency leather mounted sewing box, with brass handles and fitting and with fitted interior. Width 28 cm.

Sold for £110

Lot 830

A Victorian brass and copper hanging oil lamp.

Sold for £18

Lot 831

An oil lamp, with green glass reservoir and brass column. Height including chimney 64 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 832

An Islamic brass gong and beater, and a carved hardwood tray.

Sold for £18

Lot 833

A vintage tin hat box containing a pith helmet, and two leather suitcases.

Sold for £42

Lot 834

A miscellaneous collection, including whistles, badges, corkscrew, spoon, etc.

Sold for £70

Lot 835

A RAF ID tag to "79577 Edward Holt Chisholm", and a collection of badges and medals.

Sold for £65

Lot 836

Three pairs of vintage opera glasses, including Duchesse Perfectionee and Zingraff, Paris.

Sold for £22

Lot 837

A pair of Zeiss military binoculars, pair of Watson Baker binoculars and Astral Stereo binoculars.

Sold for £50

Lot 838

A painted bronze model of a racehorse and jockey, "Prince Roland" December 10 1931. Height 11 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 839

A Grand Tour Venetian bronze winged lion paperweight, length 16 cm, and a small Chinese bronze vase.

Sold for £110

Lot 840

A Royal Observer Corps medal to IC Hobbs, and The Kings Badge.

Sold for £140

Lot 841

A Second World War military pocket watch by Grana, and another by Elgin.

Sold for £60

Lot 842

A quantity of vintage pens, and enamelled pen badges.

Sold for £65

Lot 843

Six volumes First Day Covers.

Sold for £95

Lot 844

A Victorian portfolio of engravings after Thomas Sidney Cooper "Cattle Subjects, 1/30 and various magazines, registers etc.

Sold for £42

Lot 845

A pair of Zeiss 6 x 30 binoculars, cased.

Sold for £35

Lot 846

Smoking Interest - Five pieces of cloisonne, including lighter, cigarette box, matchbox cover and two ashtrays.

Sold for £30

Lot 847

Three Victorian glass lamp shades, cranberry ball shape, green and yellow. Largest diameter 20 cm.

Sold for £150

Lot 848

Three Victorian glass oil lamp shades, yellow, red and green.

Sold for £420

Lot 849

A Victorian glass oil lamp shade, orange and etched, diameter +/- 16 cm, and a stain glass shade, diameter 16 cm.

Sold for £170

Lot 850

Two Victorian oil lamp shades, green and foliate engraved. Each width +/- 20 cm.

Sold for £140

Lot 851

Two Victorian oil lamps, one with pink reservoir the other opaque.

Sold for £75

Lot 852

A Victorian brass oil lamp with opaque white glass shade, and another with similar reservoir only.

Not Sold

Lot 853

Miscellaneous oil lamp fittings, including chimneys, reservoirs, burners, etc.

Sold for £38

Lot 854

A graduated set of five brass bell weights, 8 ozs - 7 lbs, maker Parnall & Sons, Bristol. Tallest 18 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 855

A mahogany case of apothecary bottles, (21), each +/- 9 cm, and a cased pair of apothecary scales.

Sold for £28

Lot 856

A brass ships wheel, by Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd., Rosebank Ironworks, Edinburgh, diameter 76 cm, and two mesh spark guards.

Sold for £190

Lot 857

A Vienna regulator wall clock movement, with single weight and in Gladstone bag.

Not Sold

Lot 858

Dom Perignon vintage 2000 champagne, boxed.

Sold for £130

Lot 859

Dom Perignon champagne vintage 2002, boxed (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 860

Pol Roger 2000 rose champagne, one bottle.

Sold for £70

Lot 861

Royal Oporto 1977 vintage port.

Sold for £40

Lot 862

Three bottles of Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2000.

Sold for £260

Lot 863

Four bottles of Clos de Vougeot Premier Cru white, one 2001 and three 2004.

Sold for £170

Lot 864

One bottle Baron de Lustrac Armagnac, 1973, wooden case.

Sold for £80

Lot 865

A Birchleaf of London coffee grinder, raised on a wooden stand, height 28 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 866

Thomson, Vanguard Photo Gallery (Footballers), eight complete booklets numbered 1-9 (number 4 missing).

Sold for £80

Lot 867

Four stamp albums to include The Normandy Stamp Album, Treasure Trove and two Stanley Gibbons, early to late 20th century.

Sold for £35

Lot 868

Two late 19th century graduated copper jugs, 33 cm and 29 cm, a copper pan on burner and a German brass spirit kettle.

Sold for £22

Lot 869

Wainwright Alfred six first editions, A Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook, A Second Lakeland Sketchbook, A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook, A Peak District Sketchbook, A Dales Sketchbook and Kendal in the 19th Century.

Sold for £75

Lot 870

Wainwright Alfred six first editions Scottish Mountain Drawings Volumes 1, 2, two copies of Volume 4, Volume 5 and Volume 6.

Sold for £100

Lot 871

Wainwright Alfred, eleven first edition books, A Dales Sketchbook, A Second Lakeland Sketchbook, two copies of Walks in Limestone Country, two copies of Pennine Way Companion, The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5 and Volume 7.

Sold for £170

Lot 872

Collection of Alfred Wainwright diaries, walkers notebooks, Walks in Limestone Country, Walks on Howgill Fells and maps etc.

Sold for £130

Lot 873

Framed map of Westmorland (1974), by Alfred Wainwright, 64 cm x 57 cm.

Sold for £200

Lot 874

Sixty six Lake District books, to include The First Tigers by Alan Hankinson, Lakelands Greatest Pioneers by Bill Birkett, Lakeland and the Borders of Long Ago by Walter McIntire, Biological Studies of The English Lakes by TT Macan, The Place Names of Westmans part 1 and 2 etc.

Sold for £95

Lot 875

Fifty nine Lake District books and several pamphlets, including twenty four books by Alfred Wainwright, Fell Guides, Guardians of the Lakes by Elizabeth Battrick, The Hills of Lakeland by William Heaton Cooper, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, Walking the Ridges of Lakeland by Bob Allan etc.

Sold for £120

Lot 876

One hundred + books and booklets on the Topography of the UK, to include Mountains of England and Wales, Ribble River and Valley, Gypsum in Cumbria by Ian Tyler, Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks etc.

Sold for £80

Lot 877

Four Alfred Wainwright books, Lakeland and Mountain Drawings Volume 2, and North Wales Sketchbook, a Furness Sketchbook and Westmorland Heritage.

Sold for £70