antiques & fine art sale

British School (19th century), bust length portrait of the piano maker Thomas Broadwood, oil painting on canvas. 22 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £320

British School (19th century), shoulder length portrait of Annie Mundell, the first wife of Thomas Broadwood, oil painting on canvas. 20 cm x 25 cm.

Sold for £360

Circle of Max Gubler (1898-1973 Swiss School), floral still life with blue vase, signed lower left dated '56, oil on paper. 37 cm x 26 cm. ARR

Sold for £180

Ceri Richards (British 1903-1971), Arthur and Guinevere etching, numbered lower left 37/150, stamped with studio stamps. 21 cm x 16 cm (PL). ARR

Not Sold

Stephen J Darbishire (British School 20th century), summer morning, signed lower right, oil on board 15 x 20 cm. ARR

Sold for £240

Len Roope (1917-2005), Vale of Lorton, evening, signed lower right, watercolour. 23 x 36 cm. (see illustration) ARR

Sold for £300

Len Roope (1917-2005), Vale of Lorton, signed lower right dated 1984, watercolour. 13 x 34 cm. ARR

Sold for £120

John McCutcheon, still life with plant, signed lower right oil on canvas board. 49 x 67 cm.

Not Sold

Dunlop (British School 20th century), woodland track, signed lower right oil on board. 49 x 59 cm.

Not Sold

British School 19th century, portrait of a gentleman three quarter length seated, wearing a brown jacket and black stock, oil on canvas. 31 x 25 cm.

Sold for £100

After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema OM RA (1836-1912), Caracalla and Greta Photogravure, copyright 1907 by Messrs Arthur Tooth & Sons, Publishers 175 and 176 New Bond Street London, signed in pencil in the margin by the artist, with print Sellers Association stamp lower left. 73 x 86 cm, framed (SH).

Sold for £180

Len Roope (British, 1917-2005) "At Crummock Water", watercolour, signed lower right, framed, 39.5 cm x 45.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £160

Len Roope (British, 1917-2005) "Blencathra", watercolour, signed lower right, framed, 40 cm x 45.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £200

Ten framed and mounted hand coloured engravings and others, scenes local to Cumbria including Lanercost Priory, Brougham Hall Westmorland and Ullswater from Pooley Bridge.

Sold for £80

Albert Rosser (1899-1995), watercolour "Derwentwater from Castlehead". 25 cm x 35 cm, mounted but unframed.

Sold for £70

Albert Rosser (1899-1995), watercolour "Buttermere and Honister Crag". 25 cm x 35 cm, mounted but unframed. ARR

Sold for £110

Albert Rosser, a watercolour "Grasmere and Helm Cragg", 25 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed and with label verso.

Sold for £70

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil study 1981 "Seascape with Figure", 15.5 cm x 29.5 cm, signed and dated '81 (see illustration) ARR

Sold for £500

Lynda Roberts (British contemporary), mixed media "Morocco High Atlas 3", 28 cm x 28 cm, signed in pencil on mount. ARR

Not Sold

Pat Cleary British School 20th century, landscape featuring sheep and crags, signed to lower right, oil on board. 77 cm x 114 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £2600

Tim Wood British School 20th century, "Red Summer Hill", signed and dated to lower right with title verso, mixed media. 47 cm x 63 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

20th century British School, "Langdale Pikes from Rosset Ghyll", title to lower left and dated April 1912, oil on canvas and laid on board. 41 cm x 51 cm.

Sold for £55

Abbey Abraham Altson (British 1866-1948), a bust length portrait of female wearing a pearl adorned headdress, signed to lower right, oil painting on canvas. 51 cm x 61 cm, framed 67.5 cm x 80 cm. Provenance: The artist lodged with the original owner and the painting was given in lieu of rent. Then by descent to the present owner. It has never been sold in the open market (see illustration).

Not Sold

Chinese School (late 19th century), a group of studies of Chinese figures and boats, gouache on rice paper. Largest frame measurements 11.5 cm x 15.5 cm.

Not Sold

Pat Cleary (British 20th century), "The Millom Hematite and Iron Ore Company" signed to the lower right and title verso. oil on board. 67 x 75 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £380

Cuthbert Rigby (British School late 19th century), Lake District river view, indistinctly signed lower right, watercolour. 22 x 37 cm.

Sold for £70

Ian Norris (British School 20th century), Derwent Near Grange study 2014, signed lower right and inscribed with title and artists name verso with Castlegate House Gallery label verso, oil on panel. 30 x 20 cm.

Not Sold

June Bennett (1935-2013), "Path Through the Cornfield", signed lower right inscribed with title, artists name and dated 2011 verso, oil on canvas. 49 x 49 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £1200

June Bennett (1935-2013), "Fishing Boats in a Harbour", signed lower right, oil on canvas. 49 x 49 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £850

Helen Tabor (British School 20th century), "Hillside Sky" signed lower left with Castlegate Gallery label verso. 39 x 45 cm. ARR

Sold for £420

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955) "Spring" watercolour with Fine Arts Society label verso. 48 x 58 cm. ARR

Sold for £160

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), a view of a river valley, watercolour over pencil, signed and inscribed beneath the mount lower left. 27 x 36 cm. ARR

Not Sold

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), view of an expansive woodland landscape, signed lower right watercolour over pencil. 27 x 36 cm. ARR

Not Sold

Bryan Pearce (British 1929-2007), "Hayle Harbour" signed, oil on board handwritten label verso, inscribed Hayle Harbour by Bryan Pearce, Chylowen St Ives Cornwall. Provenance - purchased directly from the artist circa 1963 and then by descent from the original owner to the present owner (see illustration). ARR

Walter Bryan Pearce was born in St Ives in 1929. At a young age he was diagnosed with phenylketonuria and was encouraged by his parents to take up painting in watercolours and drawing. His artistic career showed a wide range of mediums, ranging from his careful use of watercolour in his early years, to his more self assured use of oil paint in the 1950s, and then later, his more dramatic and sophisticated interpretations using conte crayon.

In 1953, he was encouraged to attend the St Ives School of Painting, where he studied under portrait and still life painter Leonard Fuller. He remained there until 1957.

The St Ives School was heavily inspired by the landscape of West Cornwall, and its artists used the shapes, colours, and forms of the region as inspiration for their artwork. Pearce, himself, specialised in paintings of St Ives and surrounding areas such as Penwith. He saw his hometown as a 'sanctuary of ever-present sun' and this can be seen in his artwork, which is recognisable for its very flat perspective and vibrant colour with bold outlines. In his oil painting of Hayle Harbour, these qualities can be visualised in a very naive manner.

Walter Bryan Pearce was a revered figure in West Cornwall and exhibited extensively there, and other galleries around Britain. In 1957, for example, he began exhibiting regularly at Penwith Gallery, St Ives. He then had his first solo exhibition at the Newlyn Gallery in 1959, after becoming a member there. Other galleries he exhibited at include the New Art Centre, the Victor Waddington Gallery in London, the Beaux Arts Gallery in Bath, and the Oxford Museum of Modern Art.

Following his death in 2007, his works featured in an exhibition at the Tate St Ives, and today some hang on the walls of galleries including Kettle's Yard in Cambridge.

Sold for £7000

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), pair of watercolours, each 25 cm x 18 cm, signed and dated 1924.

Sold for £420

Edward Horace Thompson (1979-1949), watercolour, probably Derwentwater, 33 cm x 48 cm, signed and dated 1926.

Sold for £240

An antique Treen pestle and mortar, with moulded and carved decoration. Height 14 cm, diameter 21 cm.

Sold for £120

Antiquarian framed maps of British India and Hindustan, pair in one frame. Each 52 cm x 62 cm.

Sold for £70

Three vintage cased sets of drawing instruments.

Sold for £20

Two vintage enamelled lidded teapot form water carriers. Tallest 48 cm.

Sold for £70

An antique table lamp and pair of matching wall lights, bird form, brass and green painted. Table lamp height 60 cm.

Not Sold

A Second World War duo of medals, uninscribed and and Italian Africa Corps medal.

Not Sold

Three cased Victorian photographs, another and a collection of unmounted photographs.

Sold for £30

An ebony box, together with a dressing table set.

Not Sold

A pair of 19th century bronze table lamps, in the form of cherubs holding aloft a light fitting and raised on a black slate base, both signed, probably Moreau. Height excluding later light fitting 40 cm.

Not Sold

A Pohl bronze figure of a seated blacksmith fashioning a scythe blade. Height 50 cm.

Sold for £480

A vintage Sun telephoto lens, with original case. Case length 56 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century tortoiseshell snuffbox. Length 6 cm.

Sold for £25

One volume "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Routledge edition, together with Mackay's "Tour In the United States 1859".

Sold for £25

One volume "Railway's f Today" by Cecil J Allen, together with a quantity of 19th century train tickets.

Not Sold

A quantity of horn handled carving sets.

Sold for £15

A pair of antique brass fire dogs, moulded with shells and mythical sea creatures. Height 65 cm, width 28 cm, length 55 cm.

Sold for £250

A 19th century colonial brass bound rectangular hardwood work box, with fitted interior and brass carrying handles to either side. Height 16 cm, width 48 cm, depth 31 cm.

Not Sold

Two pairs of Edwardian ladies leather boots.

Sold for £15

One volume In Memoriam to Edwin Landseer, with various plates of his work in a scrapbook, together with another Victorian scrap and photograph album.

Not Sold

A vintage Jaguar motorcar mascot 1970's. Length 19 cm.

Sold for £20

A quantity of collectibles, including Viewmaster photograph viewer, Pitch Pipes, Oriental stamp etc.

Not Sold

A 19th century brass and mahogany three drawer telescope. Length extended 70 cm.

Sold for £40

A vintage Herwiga piccolo, in cardboard case.

Sold for £15

A large pair of oak bellows and two toasting forks. Bellow length 80 cm.

Not Sold

A vintage bagatelle board, together with a chess set, draughts etc.

Sold for £15

One volume "Celebrities of Army 1902", and another "The Letters of Queen Victoria" volume 2, 1907.

Not Sold

A 19th century leather bound volume of German History, 1881, second volume Deutsche Geschichte.

Not Sold

A model of the English vessel "Royal William" circa 1719. Height 88 cm, length +/- 112 cm.

Sold for £400

A silver plated lamp standard, four branch with knopped stem, triform base and paw feet.

Sold for £240

A 19th century mahogany and brass pony measuring device, bearing plaque Joseph Bowerbank Ironmonger, Penrith. Height 199 cm.

Not Sold

An African carved hardwood figure. Height 53 cm.

Not Sold

An African carved wooden plaque, depicting figures. 15 cm x 39 cm.

Sold for £40

A pair of African carved wooden figures, and another. Tallest 59 cm.

Not Sold

A large pair of pewter candlesticks, with light fittings, both indistinctly stamped B????. Mott. Overall height including light fitting 113 cm.

Not Sold

Paul Aichele (1859-1920), a bronze table lamp in the form of a female figure playing a violin. Figure height 55 cm, overall height 100 cm (see illustration).

Not Sold

A Regency brass flat back applique, horse and jockey. Length 26 cm, height 20 cm.

Sold for £80

A 19th century brass chimney ornament Wolsley. Height 29 cm, width 22 cm.

Sold for £30

A 19th century bronze horse flat back. Height 30 cm, length 36 cm.

Sold for £80

A Treen lidded flask, turned. Height 34 cm.

Sold for £60

A Scottish brass flat iron with turned wooden handle. Length 19.5 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century brass tape dispenser, in the form of a winged male figure seated by a box with hinged door and two apertures. Width 11 cm.

Sold for £60

A 19th century Dutch brass candlestick, with sliding ejector and circular base. Height 38 cm.

Sold for £35

A 19th century Dutch embossed brass candlestick. Height 30 cm.

Sold for £50

A pair of 19th century Dutch brass four branch candelabra, with circular stepped bases. Height 57 cm.

Sold for £180

20th century painted plaster death mask of a young man. Length 28 cm.

Sold for £60

Inuit stone carving of a seabird, with marks to base. Length 14 cm.

Sold for £170

An Arts & Crafts planished copper oval tray by Hugh Wallis, the centre engraved with a bouquet of flowers, with raised rope twist style edge, bearing "HW" monogram. Length 51 cm.

Sold for £60

L. Wakefield bronze figure, dancing girl, signed. Height 30 cm.

Sold for £50

A collection of fifteen 19th century ale bottles, William Robson Sunderland, Pontypridd United Breweries, Breffit's London, Shepherd, Neames & Co Faversham, Whitbread London, Thompson Bishop Auckland, Sidney Holden Canterbury, James Deuchar Newcastle Upon Tyne, Robinson Brothers Houghton Brewery, Fenwick & Co Sunderland, Robinson & Co Sunderland, RH Randall Guernsey and William Robson Sunderland. Tallest 31.5 cm, and an 18th century wine bottle.

Not Sold

A Dolland of London 9507 single drawer military telescope, extended length 80.5 cm.

Sold for £40

Stamps including 4d Battle of Hastings 1066 unused, etc.

Sold for £35

A 19th century bell metal pestle and mortar, together with a trivet paperweight and Gilbert sundial.

Sold for £30

His Masters Voice windup gramophone.

Sold for £35

A Kelvin and Hughes sextant, Number 62280, cased.

Sold for £75

A vintage cherub rotator by Walker and Sons, together with a vintage Hezzanith brass cased barometer and Mercer ships type clock. Each diameter 20 cm.

Sold for £80

A vintage cigarette card album, with sets and part sets of cards, Players, Wills etc.

Sold for £35

A George VI India medal to 9067 Private R Grierson, Argyll South Highlanders North West Frontier 1936-37, together with a 1914 Oldenberg Cross medal, badges etc.

Sold for £120

A World War II medal group to Philip Charles Carter MP (Director Traffic Sword Beach, Editor Rhine Army Magazine), together with two Normandy medals.

Sold for £45

A bag containing a quantity of collectors items.

Sold for £60

A box containing a quantity of shell jewellery and various shells.

Not Sold

A military Bowie type knife, with wooden handle and sheath together with a machete. Complete length 31 cm. This bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Please note that if you require P&P for this lot, this can only be done using an age verified method.

Sold for £40

A 19th century brass National till, with Kroner and Ore denominations and raised on an oak base. Height 58 cm, width 52 cm, depth 42 cm.

Not Sold

A signed Japanese Samurai sword, with metal scabbard. Overall length including scabbard 102.5 cm, blade length to tang 69 cm (see illustration). This bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. Please note that if you require P&P for this lot, this can only be done using an age verified method.

Sold for £1000

An Arts & Crafts wrought iron framed and stained glass fire screen. Height 87 cm, width 57 cm.

Sold for £130