country sporting sale

9th - 11th October 2024

Lot 401

A 9 ct gold fox pendant and chain, stamped 375, weight 4 grams.

Sold for £65

Lot 402

Three stock pins, the first with horseshoe emblem and marked to rear silver, the second with running hare marked to rear silver and another with a riding crop. Overall weight 13 grams.

Sold for £15

Lot 403

Two stock pins, both hallmarked silver and with Birmingham marks, the first with a running fox, the second plain, overall weight 6.7 grams.

Sold for £25

Lot 404

A silver stamped 925 brooch, in the form of a horse and foal, length 4.5 cm, weight 7.7 grams.

Sold for £15

Lot 405

Two stock pins, the first with riding crop and foxes head, fox with ruby coloured eyes stamped to rear 925, the second plain and with Birmingham hallmarks. Overall weight 5.8 grams.

Sold for £25

Lot 406

A stock pin in the form of a hunting horn, marked 925 silver together with a brooch with enamel or ceramic horse motif to front, stamped to rear 925. Overall weight 9.5 grams.

Sold for £30

Lot 407

Five leather and metal cuffs.

Sold for £15

Lot 408

Five leather and metal cuffs.

Sold for £15

Lot 409

Jane Lightburn Downs an oil on canvas "Barn Owls in Barn", 59 x 75 cm, framed.

Sold for £50

Lot 410

Country Artists Arctic Prince figure of a Gyr Falcon or Icelandic Falcon, by David Ivey, limited edition 257/550, raised on a wooden plinth. Height +/- 32 cm and with booklet.

Sold for £32

Lot 411

Country Artists Arctic limited edition figure of Peregrine Falcon dated 1996 164/1500, mounted on a wooden base. Height +/- 30 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 412

Three bird figurines, Brooks & Bentley Barn Owl and Golden Eagle and a Country Artists Merlin by David Ivey. Tallest +/- 30 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 413

A Wagbi car mascot badge. Diameter 7 cm and a British Fieldsports Society badge.

Sold for £28

Lot 414

Three 19th century engravings, depicting Black Cock, Red Grouse and Ptarmigan. 12 x 10 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 415

Geoffrey Smith, an oil on canvas depicting a Red Stag, signed bottom left. 45 x 54 cm, framed.

Not Sold

Lot 416

Glenda Ray, a print signed to the mount a pair of Cock Pheasants. 19 x 19 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £22

Lot 417

Three silver plated Labradors, tallest +/- 10 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 418

A Victorian brass and cast iron rotary spit.

Sold for £15

Lot 419

A late 20th century sign Armitage & McGuire Everything for The Sporting Man since 1876. Height 52 cm, width 93.5 cm.

Sold for £160

Lot 420

Two Falcon ware decorative plates, decorated with Pheasants, circular plate diameter 25 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 421

A leather leg of mutton gun case, with space for +/- 30" barrels, together with another with space for +/- 28" barrels.

Sold for £35

Lot 422

Sir Edwin Landseer a signed etching "Red Deer of Chillingham", with Print Sellers Association RDK blind stamp and signed to the bottom right. 68 x 47 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Lot 423

After Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879), a bronze depicting a pair of rutting Red Stags. Height +/- 29 cm, width 59 cm, depth 23 cm.

Sold for £550

Lot 424

After Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879), a bronze depicting model of a fox, signed to the base. Height +/- 12 cm, tail to nose 24 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 425

In the manner of Rowland Ward, a Moser cut whisky glass decorated with a pair of rabbits/hares with remains of an oval label to the underside. Height 10 cm, diameter 8 cm, together with a decanter with stopper decorated with Red Stag and Pheasants. Overall height 20 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 426

Border Fine Arts figure of a Black Grouse, Model No. 044 by David Geenty, with sticker to the underside Handmade in Dumfriesshire Scotland by Border Fine Arts. Height +/- 12 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 427

A car mascot in the form of a Red Grouse, mounted on a mahogany plinth. Overall height 6 cm, wingspan +/- 13 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 428

Three 19th century Staffordshire greyhound figures, the pair measuring 20 cm high.

Sold for £70

Lot 429

Three walking sticks, one with stylised fox shaped handle, +/- 94 cm long with an antler handled stick and a wooden stick.

Sold for £22

Lot 430

A hazel shafted walking stick with tup horn handle, carved in the form of a thistle. Length 125 cm.

Sold for £45

Lot 431

A hazel shafted walking stick with tup horn handle, carved in the form of a thistle, broken at the tip. Length 92 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 432

A hazel shafted walking stick with tup horn handle. Length 111 cm.

Sold for £42

Lot 433

Melbreak Foxhounds, a hazel shafted walking stick with tup horn handle and antler collar, the handle with fox and foxhounds and the collar marked to Mr Iredale Master of Foxhounds from MH Hardisty (presumably Harry Hardisty Hunstman of Melbreak Foxhounds). Length 108 cm.

Sold for £250

Lot 434

Three folding shooting sticks and a selection of rifle and shotgun cleaning rods.

Sold for £32

Lot 435

Sir Peter Scott two signed prints of wildfowl, Greylag and Barnacle Geese, published by Arthur Ackerman, signed to bottom right by Peter Scott. Barnacle Geese, 35 cm x 53 cm, framed and mounted, Greylags 35.5 x 53 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £90

Lot 436

Archibald Thorburn a limited edition print of Grey Partridge and Goldfinch, from a single edition 412/500 copies. 33 x 56 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 437

Archibald Thorburn a pair of early 20th century black and white prints depicting Red Grouse in flight, 35.5 cm x 51.5 cm and Ptarmigan 36 cm x 52 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £40

Lot 438

Vincent Balfour Brown, a pair of limited edition prints, the first "Children of the Mist" 317/350 published by Malcolm Innes Gallery London and Edinburgh, 30 x 38 cm and "All Sixes and Sevens" 308/350, 30 x 48 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 439

John Cyril Harrison, four signed limited edition prints depicting Woodcock 8/250 published by the Tryon Gallery London. 31 x 46 cm, framed and mounted, a pair of Snipe 31/250, 31 x 46 cm and Teal 7/250, 46 x 30 cm and another Teal 79/250, 46 x 30 cm all framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Lot 440

Archibald Thorburn, a limited edition print of Grey Partridge 13/850, published by the Tryon and Swann Gallery London. 22 x 41 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £45

Lot 441

Roger Mcphail a signed limited edition print with watercolour vignette of a thistle topped walking stick and telescope case, initialled RM, the print depicting Red Stags 40/350 published by the Tryon Gallery London. 20 x 30 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £38

Lot 442

Charles Stewart FSA (Scottish 1838-1907), a late 19th/early 20th century engraving "The Land of Rocks and Heather" featuring Red Deer Stag and Hinds by a loch, published by Henry Graves & Co Publishers to Her Majesty The Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales. 62 x 41 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

Lot 443

Archibald Thorburn, three signed prints, the first depicting Oyster Catchers Sandwich Terns and Ringed Plover, 18 x 25 cm, another depicting Pheasants "The Old and The New" and another of Red Grouse "The Old Peat Track" all framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 444

William Joseph Shayer 1811-1892, a set of four 19th century lithographs with Arthur Ackerman London stickers to rear "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter". 21 x 63 cm framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Lot 445

Sir Edwin Landseer RA, a 19th century engraving "The Monarch Of The Glen" published by Henry Graves and Company, Print Seller to Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, engraved by Thomas Landseer. 59 x 59 cm, framed.

Sold for £60

Lot 446

A History of British Birds by Reverend FO Morris BA, fourth edition in six volumes published by John C Nimmo 14 King William Street Strand London, leather bound with marbled boards.

Sold for £150

Lot 447

Hans Bulder (born 1953) an oil on canvas depicting a Black Cock (Black Grouse), signed to bottom right Hans Bulder. 29 x 49 cm, framed.

Sold for £60

Lot 448

Hans Bulder (born 1953) an oil on canvas depicting Red Deer stag and hinds in a Highland landscape, signed to bottom right and with Ottersburn Gallery Dumfries label to the rear. 39 x 58 cm, framed.

Sold for £80

Lot 449

Two books "British Hunts and Hunstman England", Northeast West Midlands and Wales, half leather bound with marbled boards, published by The Biographical Press 12 Henrietta Street London 1910 and one covering England South East, East and East Midlands published 1909.

Not Sold

Lot 450

Sir Peter Scott "The Eye Of The Wind", signed by Peter Scott third edition together with "The World of Birds" by James Fisher and Roger Tory Peterson, signed limited edition 11/500, leather bound.

Sold for £20

Lot 451

Eight books on shooting to include "The Lonsdale Library Horsemanship", "Keepers Book", "Big Game Shooting in Africa" and "Lurchers and Long Dogs" by EG Walsh etc.

Sold for £35

Lot 452

Twelve books on shooting - "MacDonald Hastings Game Book" and "Lord Home Border Reflections", "Purdey's The Guns and The Family" etc.

Sold for £10

Lot 453

Ten books on shooting, stalking etc to include "The Lonsdale Library Lonsdale Keepers Book"," Badminton Library Shooting and Hunting", "The Shooting Times Library", Deer Stalking, Pheasant Shooting, Grouse Shooting etc.

Sold for £22

Lot 454

Fifteen books on foxhunting - "Sketches in Stable and Kennel" by Lionel Edwards, "The Lonsdale Library Foxhunting", "John Peel Famous in Sport and Song" by Hugh Machell. etc

Not Sold

Lot 455

Eleven books on foxhunting - "John Peel Famous in Sport and Song" by Hugh Machell, "Baileys Hunting Directory 1951-52, 1970-71 and 1977-78" etc.

Sold for £15

Lot 456

Sixteen books on deer and deer stalking - "Deer Watch" by Richard Prior, "The Shooting Times Library", "Deer Stalking in Scotland and Roe Stalking" etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 457

Thirteen books on hunting and shooting - "The Lonsdale Library Shooting by Moor Field and Shore" and "Hounds and Dogs" etc.

Sold for £15

Lot 458

Nineteen books on birds and bird watching - "The World of The Honey Bee New Naturalist" by Colin G Butler, "Pheasant Jungles" by William Beebe (reprint), "The Bird Notes Bedside Book" etc.

Not Sold

Lot 459

Harold Frank Wallace five books "Hunting & Stalking The Deer", with pictures by Lionel Edwards, together with "Hunting Winds", "Stalks Abroad", "Happier Years", "A Highland Gathering".

Sold for £35

Lot 460

Six books on big game hunting and Africa - "Crocodile Fever" by Lawrence Earl, "The Sahara Raiders" by Bruce Kinloch and "Death In The Long Grass" by Peter Hathaway Capstick.

Sold for £30

Lot 461

Four books on Africa and hunting big game - "Buffalo" by Craig Boddington published by The Safari Press, "Horned Death" by John F Berger, "Hunting on Safari in East and Southern Africa" by Aubrey Wynne Jones and "African Hunter" by James Mellon.

Sold for £75

Lot 462

Two books "The Deer Forests of Scotland" by Augustus Grimble illustrated by Archibald Thorburn 1/500 published by Keegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co London 1896 and "Highland Sport" by Augustus Grimble illustrated by Archibald Thorburn published by Chapman & Hall 1894.

Not Sold

Lot 463

Two books "My Sketchbook in the Shiny" by Snaffles second edition and "The Annals of the Bilsden Hunt" (Mr Fernies 1856-1913) by F Palliser De Costbadie.

Not Sold

Lot 464

Three books "The Way The Wind Blows" an autobiography by Lord Home, signed first edition 1976, together with "Two Owls At Eton" by Jonathan Frankley and "A History of the Eton College Hunt 1857-1968" by MF Berry and CM Floyd.

Sold for £10

Lot 465

Four books "The Book of the Red Deer and Empire Big Game" edited by John Ross and Hugh Gunn, "Reminiscences of Woodland Stalking" by Leo Ritchie, "Sport" by W Bromley Davenport and "Mine Hills To The Eyes - an Anthology of The Highland Forest by PR Chalmers.

Sold for £70

Lot 466

Two books by William Scrope "Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing" half leather bound with marble boards, published by Hamilton Adams & Co London 1885, and "Days of Deer Stalking" published by Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co 1894, half leather bound.

Sold for £38

Lot 467

Three books "Mine Eyes To The Hills" - An Anthology of The Highland Forest by Patrick R Chalmers and illustrated by Balfour Brown, first edition 1931, together with "The High Tops of Black Mount" by The Marchioness of Breatalbane, published by David Greyling 1997 and "Stalking in the Himalayas and Northern India" by Lieutenant Colonel CH Stockley DSO published 1936.

Sold for £75

Lot 468

"Big Game Hunting In Asia, Africa and Elsewhere" by Jacques Vettier, limited edition 1000 copies of the first English Language edition published by Trophy Room Books 688/1000 signed by the author.

Sold for £70

Lot 469

"Wild Sports and Natural History of The Highlands" by Charles St John, "Deer Stalking in Scotland" by A I McConnochie, "The Deer Stalking Grounds of Great Britain and Ireland" by Kenneth Whitehead and "The Deer and Deer Forests of Scotland" by Alex McConnochie.

Sold for £35

Lot 470

Augustus Grimble "Deer Stalking and The Deer Forests of Scotland", first edition published 1901 illustrated by Archibald Thorburn.

Not Sold

Lot 471

Harold Frank Wallace a limited edition copy of "British Deer Heads" 186/600.

Sold for £110

Lot 472

"Stalking Sketches" by Captain H Heart Davis, published by Horace Cox 1904.

Sold for £65

Lot 473

John Guille Millais "British Deer and Their Horns" published by Henry Sotheran & Co London 1897, first edition.

Sold for £190

Lot 474

A walking stick with carved wooden handle, with Collie dog. Height 135 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 475

A hazel shafted walking stick the handle with carved Pheasant. Height 122 cm.

Sold for £22

Lot 476

A hazel shafted walking stick with tup horn handle with carved Collie dog. Height 130 cm.

Sold for £130

Lot 477

Four fox hunt badges, three for The Cumberland Foxhounds, light blue green and red and one for The Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase 1986-2010, 25 years.

Sold for £50

Lot 478

Five fox hunt badges, three for The Cumberland Foxhounds, red yellow and light blue, a light blue Ullswater and a Cumberland Farmers subscriber badge 2009-2010.

Sold for £50

Lot 479

Nigel Hemming a limited edition print "A Flat Minor" (Flat Coated Retriever) 168/500. 25 x 32 cm, together with another signed limited edition print numbered 691.35 x 25 cm, both framed and mounted.

Sold for £10

Lot 480

Ann Kilminster, an oil on canvas of a Flat Coated Retriever. 37 x 48 cm, framed together with a Ward Binks signed limited edition print "Plate in Progress" 42/200. 30 x 36 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Lot 481

A quantity of Melbreak Foxhounds memorabilia, to include photograph, fixture list for 2019/2020, two ties etc.

Sold for £55

Lot 482

A hunt photograph of The Melbreak Foxhounds with Willie Irving at Crummock Water by Masons of Keswick. 13 x 23 cm, together with a book "Songs of The Fell Packs"

Sold for £55

Lot 483

A Reber sausage filling machine, with various nozzles etc, the sausage meat tube measuring +/- 33 cm in length.

Not Sold

Lot 484

A Rowlett Rutland mincer, complete with four different sized plates.

Sold for £110

Lot 485

W Hobson, an oil on canvas depicting Bedlington Terriers ratting. Dated '96. 49 x 75 cm in gilt frame.

Sold for £130

Lot 486

A French Gras bayonet, the spine marked 1881 and with a 20 1/4" blade. Overall length 64 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 £32

Lot 487

A silver Birchfield Harriers spoon, Birmingham 1932, together with a silver matchbox holder decorated with a Red Stag, Birmingham 1903. Overall weight 56 grams.

Sold for £28

Lot 488

A Joseph Harkom & Son canvas and leather trimmed motor case, marked to the top J W Watt Carlisle opening to a maroon baize lined fitted interior with trade label Joseph Harkom & Son Gunmakers 30 George Street Edinburgh. Breach loading cartridges of all sizes and containing a cleaning rod. Joseph Harkom is listed at 32 Princess Street from 1836-1869 and Joseph Harkom & Son from 1870-1894, then from 30 George Street from 1897-1922. JW Watt is presumed to be James W Watt brother and business partner of John Watt Carlisle grocer and coffee roaster. With space for 28" barrels.

Sold for £110

Lot 489

A set of four Lionel Edwards prints of foxhunting. 16 x 26 cm in oak mounts with oak frames.

Not Sold

Lot 490

A Harkila woollen jumper with liner and zip neck. Size L, together with a Hikmicro polo shirt Size XXL and a Beretta polo shirt Size L.

Sold for £45

Lot 491

A pair of Carl Zeiss Jena Deltrentis 8 x 30 binoculars. Serial No. 1413169, in a leather case with retail label for Jacob Cricklewood London.

Sold for £30

Lot 492

A Beswick Norman Thelwell pony and rider "L Plates". Height 11 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 493

Beswick hunstman on brown horse.

Sold for £65

Lot 494

A brass cannon, with 10" barrel. Overall length 46 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 495

A Gaucho knife with silver coloured handle and sheath, with a 5" blade stamped Argentina. Overall length 23 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 £25

Lot 496

Border Fine Arts limited edition figure, Greylag Geese, signed to the rear Ayres No. 105/950 on a mahogany stand. Height +/- 17 cm with certificate.

Sold for £35

Lot 497

A collection of twelve Beswick birds, to include a first version Whitethroat with open beak, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Kingfisher, Goldcrest etc.

Sold for £48

Lot 498

A Zennox cased spotting scope binoculars, tripod etc.

Sold for £60

Lot 499

A stick stand with triple spindle sides and with 18 apertures. Height 84 cm, width 60 cm, depth 13 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 500

A pair of brass barrelled miniature cannons, with cast iron carriages. Overall length 20 cm, together with a brass cannon and carriage. Length 18 cm.

Sold for £20