antiques & fine art sale

15th - 16th June 2023

Lot 401

Early 20th century Chinese School, a set of four watercolours on rice paper depicting figures and interior scenes. Each image 17.5 x 10 cm (4).

Sold for £100

Lot 402

Ida Calzolari (born 1936), portrait head and shoulders in profile of a 16th century lady, signed lower left, watercolour heightened with white. 8.5 cm x 6.5 cm, together with a pair of 20th century silhouettes of a man and a woman in the 18th century style, a circular rococo style garden scene and two circular Edwardian portrait miniatures, one of a lady, the other of a child (6).

Sold for £140

Lot 403

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), "Low Tide Maryport", Castlegate House Gallery label verso, inscribed with title and artists name, watercolour. 24 x 33 cm. ARR.

Sold for £3600

Lot 404

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), "Village Road", with Castlegate House Gallery label verso, watercolour, inscribed with title and artists name, watercolour. 21 x 26 cm. ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £900

Lot 405

Alfred Tucker (1849-1914), a view of Lake Windermere with The Langdales in the background, signed lower left, watercolour. 25 x 34 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 406

William Taylor Longmire (1841-1914), Low Wood Bay: Lake Windermere, signed lower left and dated 1866, watercolour. 25 x 36 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 407

After Kitagawa Utamaro, Shirokiya Okoma and Obana Saizaburo from the series "True Feelings Compared the Founts of Love" woodblock. 36 x 23.5 cm (SH).

Not Sold

Lot 408

After Kunisada (Toyokuni III), The Sanno Festival from the series "The Pride of Eno", woodblock. 31.5 x 22.5 cm (SH).

Not Sold

Lot 409

Japanese school late 19th century, The Best Edobashi Procession, Japan, a triptych in woodblock. 37 x 76 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 410

After Hiroshige Tenmangu (1797-1858), Shrine at Kameido in snow, woodblock. 23.5 x 35.5 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 411

Emil Orlik (1870-1932), portrait of Alexander Von Zemilsky, signed and inscribed with title in pencil, lithograph. 36 x 23 cm (SH).

Sold for £65

Lot 412

Guiseppe Giardiello (1877-1920), Fisherman in The Bay of Naples, signed lower left, oil on board. 33 x 48 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Lot 413

Oscar Ricciardi (1864-1935), fishing boats and a paddle steamer off The Amalfi coast, signed lower right, oil on board. 25.5 cm x 36.5 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Lot 414

Yvonne Canu (1921-2008), "Cote D'Azur Garden Scene", signed lower right, gouache on paper. 23 x 33 cm. ARR

Not Sold

Lot 415

Manner of Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), abstract in brown, mixed media collage to include stamps, string, cement and oil paint. 24 x 24 cm. ARR

Not Sold

Lot 416

Copley Fielding (1787-1855), a view of Crummock Water Cumbria, signed lower left, watercolour. 17 x 24.5 cm, together with a second Cumbrian view in watercolour, attributed to Copley Fielding. 17.5 x 26.5 cm (2).

Sold for £70

Lot 417

Georg Eisler (1928-1998), Austrian school, portrait of a man head and shoulders, signed and dated '59, pencil. 50 x 35 cm. ARR

Sold for £40

Lot 418

Attributed to Mane Katz (Ukrainian 1894-1962), portrait of a Jewish lady, head and shoulders wearing a red shirt, signed lower right, oil on board. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 419

English School late 19th century, rural scene with farm labourers and a cow outside a barn, watercolour. 25.5 x 36 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 420

John Cawse (1778-1862), full length portrait of J.B. Taylor seated at his desk dressed in black with a black cravat and white shirt, label inscribed in ink verso. 44 x 36 cm.

Sold for £220

Lot 421

English School circa 1900, a group of country folk dancing and picnicking near a waterfall in an idealised landscape, watercolour. 59 x 84 cm.

Sold for £180

Lot 422

Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867), painted scroll in ink and watercolour of a Geisha circa 1815, framed with contemporary fabric mounts made from a period kimono, signed Kikugawa Eizan and sealed Kikugawa and Toshinobu, with accompanying poem handwritten and signed by Ota Nampo.

Not Sold

Lot 423

British School 20th century, snow capped hills with fields to foreground, mixed media, 54 x 66 cm. (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 424

British School late 19th century, portrait of Mary Stuart (Mary Queen of Scots), three quarter length seated in an interior wearing a white lace ruff and black skirt, watercolour, indistinctly inscribed in ink verso. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Lot 425

John Hall Thorpe (1874-1947), two woodcuts depicting flowers, both signed in pencil in the margin. Each +/- 17 x 15 cm (SH), together with a third woodcut signed Hollinghurst in the plate lower right. 25 x 28 cm (SH).

Sold for £110

Lot 426

After Snaffles (Charles Johnston Payne 1884-1967), "Pass Friend" bears signature lower left, reproduction print. 37 x 48 cm (SH).

Sold for £320

Lot 427

Yvonne McKague Housser (1897-1996), Poplar and Spruce colour serigraph print on board. 49 x 65 cm (SH). ARR

Not Sold

Lot 428

Henry John Kinnaird (FL 1880-1920), Cookham on The Thames, signed and titled, watercolour. 33.5 x 41 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 429

G Nelson "Nordrach in The Black Forest Germany", signed lower left and dated 1915, watercolour. 35 x 25 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 430

L Lewis (British School late 19th century), a pair of coastal views "Dieppe" and "Newhaven", each signed, watercolours. Both 17 x 36 cm (2).

Sold for £42

Lot 431

Richard E Clark (British School early 20th century), two young children standing on a bridge, signed lower left and inscribed verso East Yorkshire, watercolour. 24 cm x 34 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 432

Attributed to Nicholas Wilhelm Jungmann (Dutch 1872-1935), domestic interior, signed lower left, watercolour and body colour. 34 x 26 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 433

Attributed to Nicholas Wilhelm Jungmann (Dutch 1872-1935), man holding a scythe, signed with monogram lower right, watercolour and charcoal. 44 x 29 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 434

Fred Balshaw (British School 20th century), moon over a woodland river, oil on board. 24 x 34 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £70

Lot 435

Continental School early 20th century, goose girl beside a stream, indistinctly signed lower left, oil on canvas. 24 x 37 cm.

Sold for £190

Lot 436

Paul Smyth, busy village river scene, signed lower right, watercolour. 24 x 34.5 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 437

Thompson Laing (British School early 20th century), Dutch Canal scene, signed lower left, oil on board. 30 x 49 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 438

Follower of James Elder Christie (1847-1914), girl rabbiting, bears signature, oil on canvas. 31 x 26 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 439

Melero (South American School 20th century), Caracas, signed and inscribed with title lower left, oil on panel. 18.5 x 28 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 440

Tomas L Golding (South American School 20th century), signed lower right and dated '44, walled garden scene, oil on canvas. 47 x 56 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 441

Henry Francis Bartlett, night scene with roadside bar, signed, egg tempera on canvas. 35 x 75 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Lot 442

Henry Francis Bartlett, Garden At El Hatillo, signed, egg tempera on board, label with title verso and dated 1958. 45 x 69 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 443

Henry Francis Bartlett, mountain timber yard (probably near Caracas), signed, egg tempera on board. 45 x 60 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 444

Hines K Tesch (South American School mid 20th century), a collection of three watercolour forest scenes, all signed. Each +/- 45 x 33 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 445

Alejandro Sanchex Felipe (South American School 20th century), village street scene, signed lower left, pencil. 26 x 40 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 446

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

Not Sold

Lot 447

Walter Lewis (British School early 20th century), cottages beside a river, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 51 x 77 cm.

Sold for £110

Lot 448

John Rogers, flooded marsh, signed lower left oil on board. 51 x 78 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Lot 449

View in the South of France by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, No 39 one of an exclusive edition specifically commissioned by The Mail on Sunday in aid of The Phoenix Trust, with certificate of authenticity, unframed. 45 x 31 cm (SH).

Sold for £48

Lot 450

Irish School early 20th century, rural river landscape with cottages and hills, signed with monogram lower right, oil on board. 9.5 x 16 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 451

Claude Harrison (1922-2009), Dull Dog, signed lower left, dated '99, inscribed verso with artists name and date Dec 99. The Contemporary Gallery Eton label verso, oil on panel. 29 x 29 cm, sold with Gallery catalogue. ARR

Sold for £480

Lot 452

Claude Harrison (1922-2009), Pantomime, signed lower right, dated '04, inscribed verso with title, artists name and date Feb 2004 on reverse. The Contemporary Gallery Eton label verso, oil on panel. 37 x 46 cm, sold with Gallery catalogue (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £700

Lot 453

English School 19th century, portrait of a Naval Officer head and shoulders, oil on canvas. 76 x 64 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £620

Lot 454

English School mid 20th century, portrait of a lady, head and shoulders, indistinctly signed lower right, dated 1949, charcoal and chalks. 71 x 57 cm, with substantial rosewood frame.

Not Sold

Lot 455

British School 19th century, portrait of a young lady, three quarter length seated wearing a white dress and writing a journal, watercolour oval. 17 x 13 cm, together with a late 19th century watercolour portrait of a Scottish lady, a 19th century watercolour of a young lady in a rural landscape and an oval pencil drawing of a young gentleman dated 1858 (4).

Sold for £70

Lot 456

Oriental School early 20th century, North African street scene, indistinctly signed lower right, mixed media. 53 x 37 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 457

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Stricklandgate Kendal, signed in the margin lower right, print 18 x 23 cm. ARR

Sold for £38

Lot 458

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Aysgarth Force The Lower Falls, signed in the margin lower right, print 19.5 x 24 cm. ARR.

Sold for £30

Lot 459

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Scafell Pike from Throstle Garth, signed in the margin lower right, print unframed. 36 x 45 cm (SH). ARR.

Sold for £28

Lot 460

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Ashness Bridge, signed in the margin lower right, print unframed. 35 x 46 cm (SH). ARR.

Sold for £40

Lot 461

Peter Shaw (1926-1982), "Rowarth", signed lower left inscribed with artists name and title on reverse, Castlegate House Gallery verso, oil on canvas. 89 x 120 cm. ARR. (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 462

George William Pettitt (FL 1857-1862), Grasmere from up and down the valley, a pair of oils on canvas. Each 55 x 111 cm (see illustration). NOTE - Pettitt was a mid 19th century British landscape artist who lived and worked in Windermere between 1858-1862.

Not Sold

Lot 463

William Bill Peascod (British 1920-1985), untitled, signed lower right, acrylic on board, Castlegate House Gallery label verso. 14.5 x 19 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

Lot 464

Edward H Thompson (1879-1949) a pair of watercolours of Lake District scenes, depicting Ullswater and possibly Slaters Bridge at Langdale, each signed lower right, dated 1924, one with original W.H. Moss & Sons Ltd label verso. Each 18 x 25 cm (2).

Sold for £250

Lot 465

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), "Newlyn Harbour", signed lower right and dated '67, watercolour. 32 x 45 cm. ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £4500

Lot 466

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), harbour scene with fishing boats, signed lower right, watercolour. 45 x 59 cm. ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £2500

Lot 467

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), Cumbrian hamlet, signed in the margin lower right in pencil, dated '67, numbered A/P1, etching. 23.5 x 30 cm (PL). ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 468

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), Allonby, etching 6.5 x 19 cm (PL). ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Lot 469

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), Cumbrian village street, signed lower right in the margin, dated '67, numbered A/P1, etching. 30 x 13 cm (PL). ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Lot 470

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), "A Harbour View", signed lower right in the margin, dated '67, numbered A/P1, etching. 22 x 37 cm (PL). ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £750

Lot 471

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), Workington, signed in the margin in pencil lower right, dated '67, numbered A/P1, etching. 25.5 x 36 cm (PL). ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £550

Lot 472

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), fishing boat with crane, screen print. 42 x 53 cm (SH). ARR. (see illustration).

Sold for £880

Lot 473

Fannie Moody (1861-1948), dachshund and black kitten seated on a settee, signed lower right, oil on board 47 x 59 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Lot 474

James Henry Crossland (1852-1939), sheep beside a highland bothy, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 26 x 52 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Lot 475

Circle of Stuart Park (1862-1933), still life of pink roses, oil on board, oval 26.5 x 37 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 476

William Sidney Cooper (1854-1930), sheep resting by the coast with the sea and cliffs beyond, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 51 x 76 cm. (see illustration).

Sold for £900

Lot 477

Continental school 19th century, "The Crucifixion Christ on The Cross", oil on canvas. 73 x 52 cm.

Sold for £300

Lot 478

Dutch school 19th century, still life with vase and flowers on a ledge, oil on canvas. 67 x 49 cm.

Sold for £250

Lot 479

Robert Rampling (1936-1909), coastal view, signed with monogram lower left, watercolour. 8.5 x 12.5 cm. (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 480

One volume "The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of The Swan" after the drama of Richard Wagner by Rolleston presented by Willie Pogany. (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 481

Collection of Climbers Club Journals and Fell and Rock Climbing Journals.

Not Sold

Lot 482

Collection of climbing books, mostly Everest related, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, High Crimes - The Fate of Everest in An Age of Greed by Michael Kodas, Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge by Andre Greig, etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 483

Collection of climbing books mostly Everest related, "At Grips With Everest" by Stanley Snaith, "White Fury" by Lambert & Kogan, "The Pilots Book of Everest" by Clydesdale & Mcintyre, etc.

Not Sold

Lot 484

Collection of climbing books, "Climbs in The Canadian Rockies" by Frank Smythe, "The Spirit of The Hills" by Smythe, "Hellvelyn to Himalaya" by F. Spencer Chapman, "South Latitude" by F.D. Ommanney, etc.

Not Sold

Lot 485

Collection of climbing books, "Climbers Club Centenary Journal", "At The Sharp End" by Paul Nunn, Gary Hemming "The Beatnik of The Alps", etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 486

Collection of signed and some dedicated books to Doug Scott, "Canadian Rockies" by Esther Fraser, "Climbing Mount Everest" by Audrey Salkeld, "In The Footsteps of Scott" by Roger Mear, "The Challenger of Ranier" by Dee Molenaar, "Climbing with Angels and Ghosts" by F.J. Grant, "Against Giants" by David Lim, etc. (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 487

Collection of climbing books, "The Challenge" by Reinhold Messner, "A Walk in The Sky" by Nicholas Clinch, "Mountain Adventures" by Karl Lukan, etc.

Not Sold

Lot 488

Collection of early climbing books mostly Everest and Himalaya, "Nine Atop Everest" by Commander M. Kohli, "Nanga Partbat" by Fritz Bechtold, "Tents in the Clouds" by Monica Jackson, "The Ascent of Nanda Devi" by H.W. Tilman, etc.

Not Sold

Lot 489

Collection of "Journal of The Mountain Club of South Africa", and "The Mountain World".

Not Sold

Lot 490

Collection of Himalayan mountaineering books, and books on Buddhism in Tibet", etc.

Sold for £130

Lot 491

"Westmorland Heritage" by A. Wainwright, 1975 signed limited edition 617/1000.

Sold for £90

Lot 492

Jenkins (James) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies 1799-1815, London, printed for J Jenkins 48 Strand by L Harrison & J.C. Lee 373 Strand, with aquatint plates. (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 493

Her Majesty's Army Volumes 1 & 2, a descriptive account of the various regiments, now comprising The Queen's Forces from their first establishment to the present time by Walter Richards, London J S Virtue & Co Ltd (2).

Not Sold

Lot 494

Sloan (William Milligan) Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, four volumes, London McMillan & Co 1896, numerous colour and monochrome plates (4).

Sold for £60

Lot 495

A collection of books from the series The History of British Military Bands, each copy with CD included "Cavalry and Corps" (3), "Guards and Infantry" (1), "Infantry and Irish" (3), Seven copies in total by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W Turner published by Spellmount Publishers Spellhurst.

Sold for £70

Lot 496

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, "Lewis Carroll") "The Hunting of The Snark An Agony in Eight Fits", first edition MacMillan & Co London 1876. (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 497

Johann Christian Maempel, "The Adventures of A Young Rifleman" in the French and English armies during the war in Spain and Portugal, London Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street 1826, together with Sherer (M) "Recollections of The Peninsula", second edition printed by Longman Hirst Rees Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row 1824 and "A Narrative of The Peninsula War" by Sir Andrew Leith Hay, fourth edition.

Sold for £90

Lot 498

Gleig. G.R. The Subaltern, second edition 1826, published by William Blackwood Edinburgh, together with a "Narrative of The Campaigns of The British Army at Washington and New Orleans" second edition 1826 by the same author.

Not Sold

Lot 499

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, "Lewis Carroll"), "The Hunting of The Snark, An Agony in Eight Fits", first edition, London MacMillan & Co 1876.

Not Sold

Lot 500

Shipp (John) "Memoirs of The Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp" published by Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside, London 1842, together with "Adventurers in The Rifle Brigade in The Peninsula France and The Netherlands from 1809-1815" by Captain J Kincaid London 1830 and "Recollections of The Storming of The Castle of Badajoz 6th April 1812" a personal narrative by Captain McCarthy, London 1836 (3).

Sold for £90