country sporting sale

A pair of bronze boxing hares, each raised on a shaped marble base. Height 30 cm.

Sold for £450

Swaine a hunting whip with stag antler handle and metal collar stamped Swaine Made in England, with leather wrapped shaft leading to a thong section and whip. Length excluding the thong 47 cm.

Sold for £90

A white metal figure of a stag, stamped to the underside Spain. Height 13 cm, length 16 cm.

Sold for £15

A salt glazed stag hunting jug with silver coloured rim, decorated with windmills and men smoking pipes. Overall height 22.5 cm.

Sold for £20

A white metal flying pheasant car mascot, in the manner of Lejeune. Beak to tail +/- 19 cm.

Sold for £85

A brass and copper hunting horn. 21 cm in length, 6 cm at the bell end.

Sold for £25

A brass and copper hunting horn. Length 22 cm, 5.25 cm at the bell end.

Sold for £22

Maysons of Keswick, a hand coloured photograph of Willie Irving and The Melbreak Foxhounds. 18 x 30 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Gerry S Waide (1948-1922), a signed limited edition print of a Barn Owl "An Anxious Moment Barn Owl and Mouse" 46 x 36 cm. No. 245/500, signed J.S. Waide, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Gerry S Waide (1948-1922), a limited edition print of a Barn Owl. 45 x 35 cm. No. 47500, signed J.S. Waide, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Gerry S Waide (1948-1922), a signed limited edition print of a Kestrel 45 x 35 cm. No. 180/500, signed J.S. Waide, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fur and Feather Society badge, pre 1947 Fur and Feather Society. NOTE: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Fur and Feather Society organised annual shows for members to enter their pigeons, rabbits and other livestock. Eleven badges in total, various styles of back. 22 mm diameter.

Sold for £30

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fur and Feather Society badge, pre 1947 Fur and Feather Society. NOTE: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Fur and Feather Society organised annual shows for members to enter their pigeons, rabbits and other livestock. Eleven badges in total, various styles of back. 22 mm diameter.

Sold for £30

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fur and Feather Society badge, pre 1947 Fur and Feather Society. NOTE: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Fur and Feather Society organised annual shows for members to enter their pigeons, rabbits and other livestock. Eleven badges in total, various styles of back. 22 mm diameter.

Sold for £30

Peter A Skillen, a pastel portrait of a pair of dogs, dated '97, 31 x 45 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £28

John Cyril Harrison, a signed limited edition print "Snipe At Invershin", numbered 321/500, published by The Tryon Gallery, Dover Street London, 30 x 45 cm, framed and mounted

Sold for £48

Three vintage photographs depicting The Blencathra Foxhounds, to include Johnnie Richardson, Barry Todhunter etc. Largest 19 x 24 cm.

Sold for £15

A pair of painted wooden arched signs, labelled Eley Gas Tight Game Cartridges and Eley Alphamax Wildfowl Load, height 48 cm, width 88 cm.

Sold for £60

Two acrylics on canvas by Jane Lightburn Dowds, the first depicting a Terrier 58 x 67 cm in a gilt frame, and a pair of Spaniels 59 x 72 cm in a gilt frame.

Not Sold

An acrylic on canvas by Jane Lightburn Dowds, depicting a pair of Barn Owls 60 x 74 cm.

Sold for £30

An extensive Paisley The Royal Worcester Group Game Series dinner service, comprising over 100 pieces, to include tureens, dinner plates, side plates, gravy boats, salt and pepper, teapot, coffeepot etc.

Sold for £70

A Beswick foxhunting group, comprising hunstman on horse with fox and eleven second version hounds. Huntsman (AF).

Sold for £75

Two large Beswick foxes, together with a Beswick fallow deer.

Sold for £30

A pair of Beswick Spaniels, black and white and brown and white.

Not Sold

A hand coloured hunt photograph of The Blencathra Foxhounds, possibly by Masons of Keswick, depicting a young Johnnie Richardson. 30 x 37 cm framed.

Sold for £15

Masons of Keswick a hand coloured photograph of The Melbreak Foxhounds and Willie Irving at Crummock Water, 18 x 28 cm.

Sold for £60

A hunt photograph of Anthony Chapman and the Coniston Foxhounds, 15 x 20 cm, together with a shooting party photograph, 17 x 23 cm.

Sold for £45

Jim Corbett "Man Eaters of Kumaon Second Indian Edition" published by Humphrey Millford, Oxford University Press Indian Branch, Second Edition September 1945, with dust jacket and a second impression November 1953 of "Jungle Law" by Jim Corbett.

Sold for £48

Six books on Tigers and Hunting to include "Tigers Of The Raj" "The Shikar Diaries of Colonel Burton 1894-1949" and "Hunters Of Man" by John H Brandt.

Sold for £38

Five books "Hunting & Exploring" to include "To Catch A Crocodile" by Peter Pinney (Hunting in Papua New Guinea and "Matto Grosso Adventure" by Raymond Maufrais "The Missing Explorers Story Of His First Brazilian Expedition".

Sold for £15

David Brian Plummer, five books to include "Merle The Start Of A Dynasty" and "The Jack Russell Terrier, Its Training And Entering"

Sold for £28

Kenneth Anderson, four books to include "Jungles Long Ago" 1976 first edition (Ex Library), together with "The Call Of The Man Eater" first edition 1961.

Sold for £70

Peter Hathaway Capstick, six books to include "Death In The Long Grass" and Peter Capsticks "Africa A Return To The Long Grass"

Sold for £48

Six books on shooting to include "Shooting In Cooch Behar" published by Wolfe 1993 and "White Hunter" by J.A. Hunter.

Sold for £45

Eight books on shooting safaris etc, to include "Safari A Chronicle Of Adventure" by Bartle Bll and "Man Eaters An Maurauders" by John Taylor.

Sold for £48

Nine books on hunting and safaris, to include "Under The African Sun" by Dr Frank C Hibben and "African Jungle Memories" by J.E. Burger printed by The Safari Press.

Sold for £60

Thirteen books on Deer and wildlife, to include "Wild Deer " by A.J. Nahlik and "Edward Wilson Nature Lover" by George Seaver.

Sold for £32

Five books on trapping, taxidermy and ferrets, to include "Animal Traps and Trapping" by Bateman and "Hugs and Drummers" by John Marchington.

Sold for £18

Five books, to include "Grouse and Grouse Moors" by W.A. Adams, reprinted 1998 by The Signet Press, together with "Reminiscences of Joe Bowman", Lakeland Game Keeper", "Gamecock and Countryman" and "Bantums and Miniature Fowl".

Sold for £20

Eight books on guns, to include "The Sporting Rifle And Its Use In Britain" by Henry Tegner and "Firearm Bluing and Browning" by R.H. Angier.

Sold for £48

Nine books to include "Lurchers And Long Dogs" by E.G. Walsh and four copies of "The Yearbook And Club History Of The Fell And Moorland Working Terrier Club"

Sold for £22

Guy Padgett "The History Of The Allthorp & Pytchley Hunt 1634-1920" published 1937 limited edition of 600 copies, together with "Stonehenges British Rural Sports 9th edition" and "The New Book Of The Dog" by Robert Leighton.

Sold for £28

Sixteen books on game keeping, hunting etc, to include "Hill Shooting And Upland Game Keeping" by Guy N Smith and "Pig Sticking Or Hog Hunting" by Sir Robert Bayden Powell.

Sold for £28

Fifteen books on shooting etc, to include "Tides Ending" by B.P. and "A Hunters Fireside Book" by Gene Hill.

Sold for £35

Two mid 19th century engravings of cock fighting interest, painted by F Marshall engraved by R.G. Reeve, published March 20th 1835 by J Fuller Rathbone Place London. First Titled "The Breasted Dark Red Champion Who Killed Three In Two Minutes" and "Streaky Breasted Red Dunn Called the Bone Crusher", image 29 x 22 cm, mounted and in Hogarth frames.

Sold for £65

Five photographs, photographic prints of Solway Wildfowlers to include James Storey 1865-1946 at Anthorn on Solway Firth in Punt Gun with Barnacle Geese.

Sold for £55

Eight books to include some signed copys, "Shotguns and Gunsmiths The Vintage Years" by Geoffrey Boothroyd and "Boothroyds Revised Directory of British Gunmakers".

Sold for £80

"The Modern Shotgun" by Major Sir Gerald Burrard Volume 1-3 and "The British Over Under Shotgun" by Geoffrey Boothroyd and Susan Boothroyd.

Sold for £28

"The British Shotgun Volume 1-3" by I.M. Cruddington and D.J. Baker.

Sold for £38

Three books on shotguns, "John Dixon & Son The Round Action Gunmaker" by Donald Dallas, signed. "Boss & Co" by Donald Dallas and "British Gunmakers Volume 2 Birmingham, Scotland and The Regions" by Nigel Brown.

Sold for £170

Eight books, catalogues on shotguns, to include "Sidelocks and Boxlocks" by Geoffrey Boothroyd, signed and "Boothroyd on British Shotguns" first UK edition of 500 copies Numbered 229.

Sold for £55

A vintage Millburn & Son Cartridge Makers Brampton, Cumberland sign, later painted in black and gold, 31 x 64 cm.

Sold for £100

Six foxhunting enamel badges, Cumberland Farmers Hunt Supporters Club,, Cumberland Foxhounds, Blencathra Foxhounds.

Sold for £25

A 9 ct gold stock pin in the form of a riding crop, marked 9 ct together with a pair of yellow metal horses head earrings. Brooch weight 3.9 grams.

Sold for £60

A Beswick huntsman on brown horse.

Sold for £50

Beswick boy on pony, Model No. 1500, mounted on a Palomino horse.

Sold for £40

Seven Beswick first version foxhounds and a fox.

Sold for £70

Three Cumberland Hunt buttons, marked to the rear Firmins London, 1.5 cm and housed in a frame.

Sold for £20

New England Kennel Club trap shooting trophy, of American interest, a copper tankard marked NEKC Trap Shooting May 18th 1907, Class B JJ Cairnes. Comes with a printed page from The World of Shooting dated March 16th 1907 in which JJ Cairnes is mentioned. Cup measuring 14.5 cm. Tankard height 14.5 cm.

Sold for £25

A mahogany stick stand with 18 apertures. Height 70 cm, width 61.5 cm, depth 18 cm.

Sold for £35

Lionel Edwards, two prints, The South East Staffordshire Hunt from hunting countries, 34 x 49 cm, framed and signed, together with The Duke of Rutlands Hounds The Belvoir, 33 x 49 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Malcolm Coward, a signed limited edition print "T, Morrah", 25 x 33 cm No. 26/850, together with an engraving "The Winning Post" painted by H Alken, engraved by W Summers, 40 x 69 cm framed and mounted.

Not Sold

A pencil and watercolour sketch, a gentleman with riding crop dated 25/6/00 (1900). 24 x 12 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Mick Cawston, a signed limited edition print "The Wild One", 31 x 37 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Louise Wood, a watercolour of a Terrier "Susie", 27 x 42 cm, framed and mounted, together with a limited edition map "The Heythrop Hunting Country" by E.R. Gemmell, No. 202/800, 49 x 69 cm, framed.

Not Sold

George Denholm Armour, two sporting prints, 11 x 18 cm, framed and mounted, together with a print of foxhounds, 10 x 16 cm framed and mounted.

Not Sold

George Vernon Stokes, an engraving of otterhounds, 13 x 17 cm, framed and mounted, together with two framed otter hunting sporting prints by D.G. Armour and an Alken print "Partridge Shooting".

Sold for £15

Ruth Gibbons, a signed limited edition print of The Cheshire Forest Hunt at Belmont Hall 1986, No. 21/250. 33 x 48 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £15

George Denholm Armour, four signed prints, foxhounds, foxhunting. 18 x 26 cm, framed.

Not Sold

Tom Carr, a signed limited edition etching "The Bank" No. 35/75, 25 x 30 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £45

Gilbert Holliday, two prints "The Downshire Wall Punchestown" and "The Old Double Punchestown", 26 x 40 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Frank Gillett, two prints Mr Jorrocks Moods "Joy" and "Grief", 27 x 36 cm, framed and mounted, together with a "Mr Foxes Dinner" Print.

Not Sold

Jonathan Walker, two signed limited edition prints "The Warreners" No. 56/395, 13 x 12 cm and "The Devilish Defence" No. 23/300, 22 x 15 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £28

Michael Lyne, a signed limited edition print of "The Heythrop at Blenheim Palace", No. 162/300, 18 x 33 cm, framed, togethe with Garth & South Berks Hunt Near Beech Hill 1983 with key to the rear, 30 x 60 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Joe Campion, a signed limited edition print "Bright Eyed And Bushy Tailed" No. 380/850, 24 x 39 cm, framed and mounted, together with five other horse scenes (three in one frame).

Sold for £20

Mick Cawston, a signed limited edition print, a pair of Terriers, No. 199/850, 16 x 20 cm, framed and mounted, together with another of greyhounds, No. 196/500 (AF).

Not Sold

Charles Johnson Payne "Snaffles", a 2014 reprint of "My Sketchbook In The Shiny", together with "Sport In The Shiney" a print, together with two other Snaffles books.

Sold for £50

Seven books and two DVD's on horses, horse riding etc.

Sold for £5

Twelve books on horses to include "The Modern Day Veterinary Adviser" and "The Horse Its Treatment In Health And Disease".

Sold for £10

Mick Cawston, a signed limited edition print "Grey Partridge, Roe Deer, Pheasant, Hare, Weimeraner's" No. 70/500. 38 x 57 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Nigel Hemming, a signed limited edition print "Full House", depicting Springer Spaniels, 211/600 and with Washington Green blind stamp, with certificate of authenticity to rear. 43 x 34 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

David Shepherd OBE F.R.S. A. a signed limited edition print "Highland Mist" depicting Highland Cows, No. 791/975. 25 x 40 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Mick Cawston, a signed limited edition print of Golden Retrievers, published by Sally Mitchell No. 566/850, 34 x 40 cm, framed and mounted, together with James Rowley, a signed limited edition print of Yellow Labradors, No. 347/850, 39 x 49 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

H.L. Braunston, an acrylic on paper of Mallards in Marshland, 43 x 59 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £15

Three horse racing pictures, the first a signed print "Dessert Orchid" by David French, 34 x 47 cm, framed and mounted, together with a photograph "Nashwan Winning Epsom Derby with Willie Carson", together with a picture "Out In the Country" signed M.W. with a horseshoe, dated December '91.

Sold for £10

Michael Lyne, a print "First Time Round Beeches Brook, The Grand National 1969" published by Venture Prints 1976, 61 x 76 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Michael Lyne, a print "Hurdle Race" published 1972 by Venture Prints, 61 x 91 cm.

Not Sold

Roger Inman, two signed limited edition prints of Terriers, first "Across The Mill", No. 123/500, 29 x 42 cm, together with "The View Of The Majority" No. 123/250, 30 x 42 cm framed and mounted.

Sold for £15

J.E. Rome, early 20th century Carlisle, an etching of John Peel with hunting horn and hounds, signed J.E. Rome (Artists proof), 17 x 24 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £10

Steven Townsend, a signed limited edition print of sheep and collie dog. No. 202/250, 23 x 30 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £10

Mick Cawston, a signed limited edition print of Pointers. No. 662/850 published by Sally Mitchell. 27 x 55 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

A Barska Gladiator zoom spotting scope 30-90 x 100 WP, mounted on a Vortex Ridge View tripod, with original boxes.

Sold for £70

A Bresser spotting scope 20-60 x 60, with tripod and box.

Sold for £20

Two fixed blade knives, the first by William Rogers Sheffield, having a 4" blade with leather handles and sheath, together with a Commando style knife with leather sheath. 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 pair of Opticron 10 x 42 binoculars with case.

Sold for £70

An Opticron HR66 GA ED spotting scope, together with a Velbon UP-4000 monopod, Velbon CX460 tripod, Marchwood 3570 tripod and a Skua spotting scope cover.

Sold for £140

Three shotgun slips, together with a cartridge belt, a game bird scarer, scope mounts and peg finder etc.

Sold for £22

A hazel shafted walking stick with tup horn handle. Length 129 cm.

Sold for £95

Backhouse of New Zealand (A Barbour Company) waxed ladies jacket, +/- Size 10.

Sold for £22

A Musto Country gentleman's jacket. Size 44", labelled Incorporating Goretex Fabrics.

Sold for £60