antiques & fine art sale

An Art Nouveau copper lidded log/coal bucket, with interior liner. Diameter 30 cm.

Sold for £50

A solitaire board, together with marbles. Diameter 29.5 cm.

Not Sold

An Edwardian brass inkwell, and combined pen holder and letter rack. Length 30 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century Scottish sextant, the box marked D McGregor & Co, the sextant unmarked.

Sold for £400

An Arts and Crafts vase and a Bretby vase. Tallest 27 cm.

Not Sold

A mahogany solitaire board with glass marbles. Diameter 16 cm.

Sold for £30

A Keswick School of Industrial Arts brass vase, planished, stamped Keswick and K.S.I.A. also 081. Height 25 cm.

Sold for £60

A 19th century cylindrical copper planter, probably Indian, decorated with elephants and other animals in relief. Diameter 18 cm.

Sold for £35

A cast patinated bronze seated mermaid figure. Height 18 cm.

Not Sold

A pair of bronze and onyx Egyptian Revival bookends, each height 13 cm.

Sold for £60

A metal mounted and decorated gourd. Height +/- 8.5 cm.

Not Sold

A Protector Lamp & Lighting Co Ltd Eccles brass miners lamp. Height excluding handle 22 cm.

Sold for £30

A British Rail (Midlands) black painted railway lamp, together with a small carriage lamp. Tallest 29.5 cm.

Sold for £45

A Victorian six spool reel holder, the pin cushion top with leaf moulding, with figural and bird finials on splayed feet. Height 25 cm.

Sold for £70

The Royal Kalendar, Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and America for the year 1804, printed for J Debrett, leather bound, gilt page edges and one of two clasps present.

Not Sold

A late 19th century advertising mirror "Dents Gloves", the rectangular mirror with painted frame, the letter being enamelled. Height 155 cm, width 58 cm.

Sold for £50

A set of teak marine folding steps, with brass fittings and treads, probably early 20th century. Height 120 cm open, width 35 cm.

Sold for £70

"A Rejected Neolithic Axe", from Scawfell Pike, presented to JC Wade OBE JP Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland 1969. With note giving history of "This stone axe is probably one of the many thousands which where rejected by the craftsman who fashioned the rough cuts on top of Scawfell Pike" etc (see illustration).

Sold for £160

A 19th century violin, with one piece back bearing label d'Apres Facon et Vernis FRIED. Aug. Glass fabrikat in Cremona 1736. Length of back 35.5 cm, together with two unmarked bows and case.

Sold for £200

A framed collage of various Victorian stamps and postal marks, local. 42 cm x 50 cm, framed.

Sold for £50

A late 19th century gilt bronze tall six branch candelabra, with centre column and triform base decorated with rams heads and sphinx type creatures. Height 148 cm, width +/- 33 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

An antique gilt metal ceiling light fitting, of bag form with faceted glass drops and with winged sphinx decoration. Height excluding hanging chain +/- 180 cm, diameter excluding sphinx terminals 43 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £650

A brass spark guard, with carrying handle and splayed feet. Height 56 cm, width 51 cm.

Not Sold

A large cased ship model of The SS Normandie (Compangnie Generale Transatlantique French Line) in glazed and parquetry case raised on brass feet. Overall case dimensions height 54 cm, length 122 cm, depth 28 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £700

A metal woodpecker, possibly bronze, signed Franjou and raised on a marble base. Height 16.5 cm.

Sold for £160

Two pairs of 19th century ormolu curtain tie backs. Tallest +/- 23 cm.

Sold for £40

A modern oriental vase with collection of walking sticks.

Sold for £60

Two volumes "Horses of The British Empire 1907" edited by Sir Humphrey F de Trafford.

Sold for £80

A Second World War cased Lee Enfield spiked bayonet, together with a Swiss Army bayonet.

Sold for £50

An AK 47 bayonet, from the Gulf War. Length 33 cm.

Sold for £35

Titanic interest, a signed by B V Dean 70th Anniversary Maiden Voyage cover, with Millvina Dean autographed postcard.

Sold for £20

An antique bronze sundial. 25 cm square.

Sold for £100

An antique goffering iron, a horn beaker, two copper dishes, a carved Roman type cross and an inkwell. Tallest 15.5 cm.

Not Sold

A pair of Victorian brass candlesticks, a trivet, toasting fork and coal tongs etc.

Not Sold

A Troughton & Simms vintage microscope, and a cased ophthalmoscope.

Not Sold

A plaster "Windsor Castle", 1910-1935 clock, case with clock timepiece only. Length 31 cm.

Not Sold

A vintage Hohner melodion. Width 28 cm.

Not Sold

A vintage violin, no interior label, with 36 cm back, two bows and case.

Not Sold

A cased composition mah-jong set, together with four trays. Height excluding carrying handle 30 cm.

Sold for £28

A vintage cased parallel yard rule by H.N. & B.

Sold for £30

A vintage Columbia wind up gramophone, and quantity of 78's.

Not Sold

A 19th century Indian bronze seated deity. Height 24 cm.

Sold for £100

A 19th century bronze paperweight in the form of an eagle, raised on a marble stand. Height 9.5 cm.

Sold for £35

An Art Nouveau brass helmet shaped coal scuttle.

Sold for £50

A Second World War Duo to Captain B Wood-White, no further inscription, together with a Hampshire Regiment cap badge and a pith helmet.

Sold for £70

A pair of binoculars dated 1938, presented to Ex Sergeant J Birss and by G Fournier Paris, together with two vintage cameras.

Not Sold

A Prima brass miners lamp.

Sold for £25

A vintage Lapland Scrimshaw handled knife, with Scrimshaw scabbard. Overall length 27 cm.

Sold for £50

A First World War death plaque to Alma Victor Martin, together with War and Victory medals to the same Private A V Martin, The Queen's Regiment. G-21773, together with an 8th Army Group of Medals.

Sold for £140

A First World War Duo of medals, to SE-19470 Private F Noyce A.V.C, together with a German medal and four Second World War medals unmarked.

Sold for £80

A World War I and World War II group of medals, to A Shergold PD.16851 Private A C Shergold RMLI with miniatures etc.

Sold for £80

A brass three drawer signalling telescope by Dollond London, No 11149.

Sold for £35

A collection of vintage fountain pens, including Parker, Schaeffer etc.

Sold for £160

A vintage cased trombone "Gaudet", by Antoine Courtois.

Sold for £80

A vintage 80 bass "Baile" piano accordion.

Not Sold

A Connoisseur steel reproduction hand produced copy of Robert Morden's Map of Cumberland. 30 cm x 35 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century silhouette portrait miniature, a portrait miniature frame, two pot lids, a small framed Elizabethan style print and a small porcelain plaque.

Sold for £40

A horn beaker with silver plated mount. Height 14 cm.

Sold for £15

A George III antiquarian map of The County of Cumberland by Thomas Donald, at the request of the late Mr Jefferys Geographer to the The King and engraved by J Hodgkinson 1783, and contained within a period map case. Map dimensions +/- 114 cm x 164 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £260

GB Mint 1915 2/6 grey brown, right hand marginal black of 4, Stanley Gibbons 407.

Sold for £300

Great Britain 1906 1 penny colour trial, very fine, unused, perforate bottom marginal, example printed in carmine rose on crown watermarked paper, printed from a special plate of 20 electros SB219VAR.

Sold for £100

Malaya Pahang 1935-41 set of eighteen $5, perfect specimen, various types D19, 20 $1 to $5, 21 3 cents, 8 cents, scarlets, 15 cent, SG29S/46S.

Not Sold

Great Britain 1924 2/- booklet, Edition No. 25, SBGB12.

Not Sold

A pair of terracotta lion garden ornaments. Height 30 cm, length 40 cm.

Sold for £40

Five antiquarian maps of Westmoreland. Largest 24 cm x 36 cm, all framed.

Sold for £60

Five antiquarian maps of Cumberland. Largest 30 cm x 25 cm.

Sold for £90

A pair of 19th century gilt metal candlesticks, with serpents to the column and raised on three legs. Height 24 cm.

Sold for £30

A marble obelisk lamp, the obelisk possibly 19th century. Height of obelisk itself 47 cm. Height to top of light fitting 126 cm.

Sold for £80

An 18th century bronze sphinx, marked Bertraux Paris 1798. Height 20 cm, width 28 cm, depth 11.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £200

An 18th century carved pine candelabra, originally painted stone colour and perhaps gilded. This is a carved version of the prototype in marble in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. See "Vasi candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne ed ornamenti antichi, volume II. 1778-80. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Height 60 cm, width 24 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

An 18th century style walnut and gilt veneered bolection frame, with Dutch ripple moulding. Internal dimensions 77 cm x 63.5 cm.

Sold for £10

A pair of late 19th/early 20th century turned wooden candlesticks, with fixed pressed metal sconces and octagonal bases. Height 28.5 cm.

Sold for £50

A late Victorian brass and iron fender, internal width 108 cm.

Sold for £20

A set of our late 18th/early 19th century London pewter plates. Diameter 25 cm.

Sold for £60

An antique North West Persian rug, woven with repeating animal motifs on blue ground together with two other rugs. Largest 203 cm x 132 cm.

Sold for £120

A large Chinese carpet, with centre rectangular panel with blue ground and foliate patterned corners and with yellow line border. 358 cm x 270 cm.

Sold for £900

A large Kazak style carpet, (AF) 306 cm x 229 cm.

Sold for £20

A Persian design carpet, principal colours brown, beige, red and blue, with multiple line border and fringed ends. 235 cm x 332 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £420

An Eastern rug, principal colours red and black with four lozenges to the centre and repeating line border with fringed ends. 190 cm x 112 cm.

Sold for £35

A vintage Kilim rug, multi coloured with fringed ends. 173 cm x 112 cm

Sold for £60

Three small Turkish prayer rugs, largest 54 cm x 78 cm.

Sold for £25

An Eastern fringed rug, with five medallions to the centre panel and with repeating line border. 234 cm x 114 cm.

Sold for £90

An Eastern fringed rug, principal colours purple, orange, red and green, with three motifs to centre and repeating line border. 183 cm x 92 cm.

Sold for £50

An Eastern fringed rug, principal colours red, blue, beige and yellow, with repeating lines to the centre panel and multiple line border. 194 cm x 150 cm.

Sold for £110

A 19th century Berlin woolwork in gilt frame. 58 cm x 42 cm.

Not Sold

A pair of 19th century French embroideries on silk by Amelie Hilary age 9. 23.5 cm square.

Not Sold

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

Sold for £320

A fine hand knotted Persian carpet from the Tabriz region. 3.84 m x 2.9 m (see illustration).

Sold for £500

A fine hand knotted Persian carpet, Kashan region. 3.95 m x 2.94 m (see illustration).

Sold for £480

A fine hand knotted Persian carpet, Kashan region. 4.10 m x 2.98 m (see illustration).

Sold for £550

A fine hand knotted Persian runner, North West region. 2.98 m x 0.95 m (see illustration).

Sold for £320

An Eastern fringed rug, with centre rectangular panel and three line border, principal colours blue, red, black and beige. 207 cm x 130 cm.

Sold for £100

An Eastern fringed rug, with centre rectangular panel in blue, beige and faded red and with multiple line border. 286 cm x 170 cm.

Sold for £140

A large Persian design woollen carpet with fringed ends, principal colours red, blue and beige. 376 cm x 277 cm excluding fringe.

Sold for £320

A framed sampler by Mary Padbury 1856, house, birds, trees. 33.5 cm x 29 cm and another smaller by Elizabeth Baylis 1836.

Sold for £90

A tapestry wall hanging by Metrax Belgium, "To my only desire". 135 cm x 180 cm. From the "Lady with Unicorn" series, the original from circa 1512.

Sold for £150

A 19th century woolwork tapestry, "The Secret Admirer", religious scene. 68 cm x 50 cm, framed.

Not Sold

A Pakistan handmade woollen fringed rug. 83 cm x 121 cm.

Not Sold

A Victorian walnut and ebonised twin weight Vienna type regulator wall clock, with two train movement. Height 109 cm, width 39.5 cm.

Sold for £280

An Edwardian walnut and brass mounted mantle clock, with two train spring driven movement. Height 36 cm, width 28 cm, depth 16 cm.

Sold for £35