antiques & fine art sale

Vice-Regal Life, 2 volumes, by Sir William Denison, late Governor General of The Australian Colonies and Governor of Madras, published by Longman Green & Co, 1870.

Sold for £50

Eight French and Spanish antiquarian books by Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Favain, Guyot, Chateaubriand and Xenophontis de Cyri Expeditione.

Sold for £40

Virgilius, 3 volumes, by John Conington, published by Whittakers & Co. 1865, Life of Francesco Sforza by Pollard Urquhart and Creasy's Decisive Battles 1906.

Sold for £45

Eleven antiquarian books, the Stones of Venice, 2 volumes, by John Ruskin 1885, Adam Bede by George Eliot circa 1890, the Works of John Bunyan 1805, Coelebs In Search of A Wife 1839, Telemachus by John Hawksworth volume 1 1799, etc.

Sold for £45

Alfred Wainwright, "A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook", first edition.

Not Sold

Alfred Wainwright, "A Third Lakeland Sketchbook", first edition.

Not Sold

Alfred Wainwright, "A Second Dales Sketchbook", first edition.

Not Sold

Alfred Wainwright, "A Dales Sketchbook", first edition.

Sold for £35

Alfred Wainwright, "A Dales Sketchbook", first edition.

Not Sold

Dante Alighieri three volumes "Divina Comedia" illustrated by Miguel Barcelo.

Not Sold

One volumes Cary's Travellers companion 1806, complete with all maps of England and Wales (detached board).

Sold for £110

Limited edition booklet "Moscow Christmas" December 1966, signed by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

Not Sold

Kathleen Hale "Orlando's Country Peep Show", together with "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and a Peep Show book.

Not Sold

James Payn 5th edition "Furness Abbey and its Neighbourhood".

Sold for £30

"The Leach Pottery" catalogue, circa 1950's, containing photographs, sizes and prices, Bernard & Janet Leach.

Not Sold

A collection of mining and geological maps from the Cumbrian area.

Sold for £100

Green (William), "The Tourist's New Guide... in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire" volumes I & II, printed and published by R, Lough & Co Kendal 1819, two volumes rebound in threequarter blue leather, together with twelve other books, largely relating to The Lake District.

Sold for £300

Four 19th century Ordnance Survey linen backed folding maps of Cumberland & Westmorland, comprising sheet 20 Westmorland and sheets 69, 74 and 79 Cumberland.

Sold for £60

A collection of approximately 80 franked and stamped Victorian envelopes, with mostly penny reds and 2 penny blue stamps.

Sold for £240

A collection of 250+ penny reds, 2 penny blues, penny blacks, including 2d blue pair, lightly franked, corner letters AE and AF, plate 1, and a large number of other early plates and rare stamps, including Maltese Cross postmarks in red and black, etc (see illustration).

Sold for £300

200+ penny blues and penny reds, and a quantity of 19th century stamped and unstamped letters.

Sold for £320

Two albums of GB and world stamps, mostly pre-war, several stock sheets of Victorian and pre-war stamps and a quantity of loose stamps, envelopes, etc.

Sold for £220

One hundred and twenty three volumes "Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society" from 1900 onwards, hardback and softback editions.

Sold for £80

Charles Dickens, 31 Gadshill editions, red bindings with gilt lettering published by Chapman & Hall, circa 1899.

Not Sold

"Transactions of Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archeological Society", a three quarter bound set of sixteen volumes, 1877 onwards (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

Thirty six books "Place Names of Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Leicestershire, Nottinghgamshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, West Riding, Dorset, Devon, published by the English Place Name Society, hardback editions with dust covers.

Not Sold

"History of Westmorland & Cumberland" by Joseph Nicholson and Richard Burn, in two volumes 1778 (see illustration).

Sold for £360

Six books on Westmorland, "An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland" (1936), "The Flora of Westmorland" by Albert Wilson (1938), "An In Memorial For Westmorland and Lonsdale" by R.S. Boumphrey (1975), "Historical Kirkby Stephen & North Westmorland" by R.R. Sowerby (1950), some "Westmorland Wills" by J Somervell (1928), and "Water Power Mills of South Westmorland" by J Somervell (1930).

Sold for £280

Collection of books on Kirkbie Kendall and Kendal, "Records of Kendale" by William Farrer (three volumes) and a volume by J.F. Curwen, circa 1926, "The Book of Records of Kirkbie Kendall (1892), "Local Chronology of Kendal" (1865), "Kirkbie Kendall" by John F Curwen (1900), "Fragments Relating to The Parish Church of Kendal" (1870), "Poetical Effusions" by Isabella Lickbarrow of Kendal (1814), "Kendal Tithes and Act" (1834), "Charities and Endowments of the Borough of Kendal" (1847), and "Official Handbook of Borough of Kendal 1897".

Sold for £360

"Hawkshead Its History Archeology Industries Folklore and Dialect" by Henry Swainson Cowper (1899), hardback edition with red cloth binding.

Sold for £90

"Register and Records of Holm Cultram" by Francis Grainger and W.G. Collingwood (1929), and "Shappe in Bygone Days" by Joseph Whiteside (1904).

Sold for £60

"Strickland of Sizergh" by Henry Hornyold (1928), "The Panelled Rooms", "The Inlaid Room from Sizergh Castle" (1928), "The Stricklands of Sizergh Castle, Westmorland", by D Scott (1908) and "All Things is Well Here - Letters from Hugh James of Levens to James Grahame" edited by Annette Bagot (1988).

Sold for £40

"The Place Names of Galloway" by Sir Herbert Maxwell, limited edition 113/500 (1991), "The Place Names of Dumfriesshire" by Colonel Sir Edward and Johnston Ferguson (1935), "Colonel James Grahme of Levens Biographical Sketch of Jacobite Times" (1886), "The Beetham Repository 1770" by The Reverend William Hutton (1906) and a "Well Spent Life, Memoir of Cornelius Nicholson" (1890).

Sold for £60

A Persian design woollen fringed carpet, principal colours beige, blue and green, with multiple line border. 280 cm x 184 cm excluding fringes.

Sold for £130

A vintage Axminster carpet of Persian design. 360 cm x 276 cm.

Sold for £170

A Meshad carpet. 422 cm x 306 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £320

A Qum silk prayer rug, woven in black red and muted colours with tree of life design on a tan ground within conforming borders. 164 cm x 105 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A handwoven carpet of Sultanabad design, woven in pale blue and other colours with endless palmettes repeat on a terracotta ground within conforming borders. 365 cm x 275 cm.

Sold for £850

An Eastern woollen carpet, with centre rectangular panel and multiple line border, principal colours red, beige and orange. 260 cm x 180 cm.

Sold for £220

A miscellaneous collection of Victorian clothing.

Sold for £30

A Victorian quilt, with rectangular patterned sections, principally white and grey. 198 cm x 214 cm.

Sold for £125

A Victorian quilt, red and white patterned. 220 cm x 208 cm.

Sold for £280

A collection of vintage clothing, including lace bonnet, various pleated dresses, undergarments, gown etc.

Sold for £70

An antique Tabriz carpet, woven in pale blue and tan with central floral double headed medallion, spandrels and filler motifs on a dark blue ground within conforming border. 398 cm x 287 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

An early 19th century linen alphabet sampler, worked in coloured threads by Mary Glaister. 25 x 20 cm, unframed.

Sold for £20

A fringed rug, the centre rectangular panel in red and with two line border in black and beige. 193 cm x 116 cm.

Sold for £20

A large Chinese carpet of good quality, with deep relief cut pile, shaped rectangular floral filled medallion and conforming spandrels on a green ground within conforming borders. 370 cm x 280 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A 20th century woollen tapestry of Arts & Crafts design, woven in pinks and blues with carpet design. With turned wooden hanging rail. 146 cm x 83 cm.

Sold for £30

An Anatolian rug woven in colours, with triple floral motifs and other ornament within conforming borders. 177 cm x 122 cm.

Not Sold

An Afghan runner of Turkman design. 239 cm long, 77 cm wide, a similar smaller runner, together with a Beluch prayer rug.

Sold for £140

An Afghan runner of Turkman design, woven in black with eleven guls within conforming border. 185 cm long, 56 cm wide.

Sold for £30

A Baluch rug, woven in white and black with star shaped medallions on a red ground within conforming borders. 192 cm x 102 cm.

Sold for £130

A George IV needlework sampler by Elizabeth Evans-Pellbron (?), worked in coloured threads with Adam and Eve, crown and other motifs and with six line verse, dated 1822. 39.5 x 32 cm in ebonised frame and glazed.

Sold for £50

A late 17th century needlework sampler by E L Mannell "A Map of Europe", worked in green, black and gold threads with naive map, including naming of the Isle of Crete as Candia (Crete was known as the Kingdom of Candia 1205-1667). 41 x 32 cm in later gilt moulded frame and glazed.

Sold for £150

A George II needlework sampler by Sarah Middleton, dated 1732, "The Lord's Prayer", worked in coloured threads with bird and floral motifs, prayer and alphabet and numerals. 46 x 21 cm in ebonised frame and glazed.

Sold for £120

A Regency needlework christening sampler, dedicated to Catherine Cotton, born January 3rd 1814, worked in green and brown with eleven line verse. 38.5 x 30.5 cm in gilt frame and glazed.

Not Sold

A George III silk needlework map of England and Wales, by FA and dated 1807, worked in gold, red, silver and blue coloured threads, mounted within oval slip displaying 43 x 34 cm within gilt moulded frame and glazed.

Sold for £80

A 19th century quilt, woven with repeating red and cream lozenge design, 235 x 225 cm.

Sold for £360

A 19th century patchwork quilt, woven with multi coloured hexagons and with pink borders. 237 cm x 190 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £280

An Indian carpet, woven with "Endless Boteh" repeat on a red ground within conforming borders. 256 x 222 cm.

Sold for £70

An Eastern fringed runner, the centre rectangular panel with diamond motifs and with multiple line border. 396 cm x 82 cm.

Sold for £180

An Indian silky pile fringed elephant foot design rug, with multiple line border, principal colours red, beige, blue and green. 182 cm x 130 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £160

An Eastern fringed rug, the centre rectangular panel with repeating designs and with multiple line border, principal colours dark red, brown and beige. 204 cm x 129 cm excluding fringes.

Sold for £150

A fine hand knotted Persian Kashan wool carpet. 4.15 m x 2.84 m (see illustration).

Sold for £640

A hand knotted Persian Najafabad/Isfahan carpet. 3.77 m x 2.48 m (see illustration).

Not Sold

A Persian Heriz carpet, hand knotted wool. 3.45 m x 2.3 m (see illustration).

Sold for £350

A brass carriage clock, with two train movement striking on a gong. Height excluding carrying handle 13 cm, complete with key and case.

Sold for £150

A 19th century mahogany cased mantle clock, with two train fusee movement, the dial inscribed James McCabe, London. Height 26 cm, width 18 cm, depth 12 cm.

Sold for £550

A William IV mahogany Country House oversize barometer, by Josiah Zanetti, King Street, Manchester. Height 120 cm, width 36.5 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

An Indian brass bound rectangular casket, with carrying handle to either side. Height 36 cm, width 59 cm, depth 37.5 cm.

Sold for £100

A Victorian mahogany slope front coal receiver, and a rectangular brass coal box embossed with a ship.

Sold for £20

An oak cased school type wall clock, together with a Smiths 30 hour Art Deco clock and another.

Sold for £20

A late Victorian Gothic walnut mantle clock, with single train movement. Height 27 cm, width 22 cm.

Not Sold

A mahogany cased marine barometer, complete with brass gimbal, with door opening to the adjustable Vernier. Height 94 cm.

Sold for £220

A mahogany stick barometer, with brass scale inscribed Barometrum I.C. Thiele, Kiobenhavn. Height 95 cm.

Sold for £80

A Regency mahogany veneered pier glass, rectangular with inlaid panel to base. Height 119 cm, width 40 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century mother of pearl and brass inlaid lap desk. Width 33 cm.

Not Sold

An Art Deco chinoiserie lacquered mantle clock, with Smiths electric movement. Width 23.5 cm.

Sold for £50

An inlaid rosewood hall mirror with shelf beneath. Width 34 cm.

Sold for £60

A vintage pokerwork cased timepiece. Height 19 cm, together with a tortoiseshell mounted easel backed travel clock.

Sold for £130

An Art Deco eight day desk clock, the dial painted with a lake scene, together with another with marble surround. Largest width 6.5 cm.

Sold for £150

A 1930's green frosted relief moulded glass desk clock. Width 7 cm.

Sold for £50

A gilt framed mirror, in the Florentine style, external frame dimensions 90 cm x 70 cm.

Sold for £160

An early 20th century mahogany tantalus stand, with brass bindings. Height 32 cm, width 41.5 cm, depth 17 cm.

Sold for £200

A miniature Victorian walnut Wellington chest, with inverted breakfront, six drawers with wooden knob handles and with Wellington chest action. Height 51 cm, width 39 cm, depth 22.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £260

A Georgian parcel gilt and mahogany framed mirror, with swans neck pediment and rectangular mirror glass. Height 130 cm, width 68 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £900

A Georgian mahogany satinwood banded dressing table mirror, shield shaped and with three drawers. Height 60 cm, width 42 cm.

Sold for £100

A large 19th century Portico clock, with two train movement striking on a bell. Height 63 cm, width 31 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

A 19th century continental mantle clock, with Poseidon figural mount and with rococo case with two train movement with visible brocot escapement. Height 45 cm, width 49 cm.

Sold for £320

A 19th century ormolu and porcelain clock, with two train striking movement and enamelled dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary Arabic numerals with doves above and emblems of battle, together with matched two branch candelabra. Height 28 cm, width 22 cm.

Sold for £380

A 19th century ebonised bracket clock, with three train spring driven movement striking on five gongs, complete with key and pendulum. Height 48 cm, width 30 cm, depth 22 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £800

A Comitti of Holborn walnut cased stick barometer, with silvered dial and brass fittings. Height 108 cm.

Sold for £320

A 19th century Cartel wall clock, with two train striking movement and Arabic numerals to the dial. Height 48 cm.

Sold for £240

A 19th century French bronze mantle clock, with courting couple above the circular dial with two train striking movement and with elaborate base beneath. Height 47 cm, width 34 cm, depth 10 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century French mantle clock by Mazilier Metz, with female figure mount pondering. Height 47 cm, width 36 cm, depth 12.5 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century mahogany mantle clock, with two train French striking movement, single gong, the base marked Einhart Birmingham. Height excluding handle 32 cm, width 26 cm, depth 17 cm.

Not Sold

A Victorian onyx mantle clock, with two train movement striking on a gong. Height 26.5 cm, width 26.5 cm, depth 13.5 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century French mantle clock, with male figure seated beneath a tree above the dial and two train movement striking on a bell. Height 38 cm, width 26 cm.

Sold for £200

A 19th century French mantle clock, with marble base, female figure with open book and with two train striking movement all raised on short feet. Height 30 cm, width 38 cm, depth 14 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

An 18th century Dutch wall clock, with canopy and painted bracket, naively painted with mermaids, buildings and swans. Height 79 cm, width 32 cm.

Sold for £120