fine arts sale

A cased set of "Traditional French Boule".

Sold for £15

A Queen Victoria Coronation medal 1838, and Inkerman medal 1854 and a bronze medal dated 1900 for Forensic Medicine.

Not Sold

An oak tantalus stand, no makers marks with three decanters each with label. Height 31 cm, width 39 cm.

Sold for £60

A Victorian brass oil lamp, with cranberry glass reservoir. Height including chimney 63 cm.

Sold for £30

A Short & Mason mahogany cased barograph. Height 18 cm, width 36 cm, depth 21.5 cm.

Sold for £260

Twenty two volumes of Beatrix Potter books, housed in "Peter Rabbits Bookshelf". Height 28 cm, width 28 cm, depth 13 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £140

A pewter Jaguar motor car mascot. Length 13 cm.

Sold for £32

An antique Tibetan turquoise and hardstone mounted bone snuff box. Height 9 cm, base 7 cm x 6 cm.

Sold for £30

Three Victorian leather bound photograph albums.

Sold for £20

Cased enamel lorgnettes.

Sold for £25

A pair of chinoiserie lacquered mother of pearl opera glasses, by Cahill Optician Wellington Quay Dublin, cased.

Sold for £35

A vintage Rolleiflex camera, in leather case.

Not Sold

A pair of Carl Zeiss Dekarem 10 x 50 binoculars cased, together with another pair by Hoya.

Not Sold

A vintage Pelham cowboy puppet, boxed (see illustration).

Sold for £55

An Ensign Cupid camera, four vintage folding cameras and two cased lenses.

Sold for £100

Seven volumes poetry, including William Morris, Whittier, Ella Wheeler Wilcox etc.

Not Sold

An antique Moroccan curved dagger, with wooden handle and scabbard.  Overall length 44 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 £30

A Mont Blanc Meisterstuck 149 fountain pen, the box dated 1996, with Mont Blanc Meisterstuck pamphlet and with cardboard outer case.

Sold for £180

A vintage brass and copper bugle, the mouthpiece marked Earlham 7C. Length 26 cm.

Sold for £15

A 19th century brass bound Monopol table top disc musical box.  Disc diameter 30 cm, dual comb.  Case dimensions 25 cm x 42 cm x 32.5 cm.

Sold for £350

A cylindrical leather case, containing three glass spirit flasks with chrome plated mounts. Case height 20 cm.

Sold for £15

A brass oriental table lamp, with cream shade.  Height excluding light fitting 58 cm.

Sold for £45

Three antique ball topped walking canes, together with two with bone tops.

Sold for £75

Two silver topped walking canes, two silver collared walking sticks and another.

Sold for £75

A late 19th/early 20th century silver mounted ebony sword stick, with an engraved terminal, date letters rubbed possibly 1896 or 1902. Length 92 cm.

Sold for £95

An African hardwood staff, figural. Height 121 cm, together with a horn handled stick, an oriental carved bamboo walking stick and another with figural torso head.

Sold for £45

Two vintage enamelled "Danger" signs, each 30.5 cm x 5.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £60

A large George III brass jug, dated 1760 and with loop handle. Height 43 cm, diameter +/- 32 cm.

Not Sold

A Victorian cast iron foot scraper, with integral stand. Height 25 cm, base 33 cm x 28 cm.

Sold for £38

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), three first edition Lake District Fell Guides, "Book No 1 The Eastern Fells" published 1955, Book 2 published 1957 and Book 3 published 1958.

Sold for £40

A 20th century dug out wooden dough bowl, possibly ash.  Height 22 cm, width 99 cm, depth 45 cm.

Sold for £65

A lead fountain head, in the form of a lions mask.  Height 19 cm, width 19 cm, together with a lead mask in the form of a water imp with bullrushes.  Height 25 cm, width 23 cm.

Not Sold

A 19th century wooden sign, List of lives saved by The Whitehaven Lifeboats of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, with dated form 1869-1900, listing boats and their home ports, to include Liverpool, Drogheda, Isle of Skye, Kirkwall, Glasgow etc and a Norwegian Barque Thorsbjerg with ten lives saved 10th May 1885.  63 x 69 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £800

WITHDRAWN - An African tall basket, with diamond patination. Height 80 cm.

Not Sold

An African life size hardwood carving of Chief Kadungure Mapondera 1830-1904, who helped lead the Shona People over Southern Africa against The British South Africa company in the 1890's. Height 184 cm.

Sold for £480

A Victorian brass pierced fender.  Height 12 cm, width 150 cm, depth 24 cm.

Not Sold

A 20th century brass birdcage, with turned wooden top and with perch and seed trays.  Height 90 cm, diameter 48 cm.

Sold for £110

A set of travelling balance scales, with mahogany base and a small quantity of weights. Base width 29 cm, depth 15 cm.

Sold for £15

The Lakes distillery single Malt Whisky, The Whisky Makers Reserve No. 2, 70 cl with original box (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A bronze sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte, raised on bronze plinth with fallen angel.  Height 31 cm.

Not Sold

A rare Norris of London A17 steel soled smoother/plane, the blade marked Norris London and the brass section marked Norris A17 London Patent Adjustable. Length 23 cm, height 15.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A 20th century brass lamp standard, in the form of a Corinthian column with square base and paw feet. Height excluding light fitting 140 cm.

Sold for £90

A Victorian brass column standard lamp, with floral base and raised on three legs. Height excluding light fitting 133 cm.

Sold for £50

Four Art Deco clam shell light fittings, one ceiling diameter 34 cm and three wall fitting, height 21 cm.

Sold for £130

A 19th century Richard Ginori Italian Art Pottery Pilgrim bottle, decorated with a battle scene. Height 39 cm.

Sold for £600

J R R Tolkien three books "The Fellowship of The Ring", the first part of The Lord of The Rings, eighth impression 1960, "The Two Towers" seventh impression 1960 and "The Return of The King" sixth impression 1960.

Sold for £200

Keswick School of Industrial Arts a pair of copper vases, decorated with the tree of life. Height 13 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £220

A Beatrix Potter Ginger and Pickles first edition 1909, published by Frederick Warne & Co, in the early large format.

Sold for £25

Eight antiquarian classical histories, "The History of Rome" by Titus Livius translated by George Baker, five out of six volumes dated 1797, together with "Memoirs of The Life of Agrippina" in two volumes by Elizabeth Hamilton 1811 and "The Story of The Iliad" by Reverend Alfred J Church 1904.

Sold for £38

A mixed selection of antiquarian books, topography, science and astronomy etc, "The Seven Lamps of Architecture" by John Ruskin 1855, "Ancient Law" by Sir Henry Sumner Maine 1897, "Ancient Art and Its Remains" by C O Muller 1852, "Astronomy" by Reverend William Whewell 1839, "Treaties on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics" by Lardner 1852, "Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture" by Matthew Bloxham, "History of Egypt" by J Franklin volume II 1801, five volumes "Handbook To Cathedrals", "Popular Scientific Recreations" circa 1885 etc.

Sold for £130

Seventeen antiquarian books on nature and wildlife, the sea etc, "Goldsmiths Animated Nature" circa 1874, "The New Practical Gardener" circa 1880, "The Marvels of Insect Life" by Edward Step, circa 1900, "British Moths" by Edward Newman 1869, "Beautiful Butterflies History of a Butterfly" by H G Adams, circa 1885, "Heart Wings Tropical World" 1863, "The Sea" by Joules Michelet 1883, "Deep Sea Plundering" by Frank T Bullen 1901, "Glaucus" by Charles Kingsley 1890, "The Earths Beginning" by Sir Robert Ball 1903, "Fairy Land of Science" by Arabella Buckley 1892, "The Acanthus" by I Page London 1842, "The Songs of The Birds" by Reverend W E Evans 1845 and "The Youth of Life" by Lord Avebury 1907.

Sold for £180

"The Family Herbal" by Sir John Hill, embellished with fifty four coloured plates 1812, with "The Modern Farrier" by A Lawson, published 1843 and "A General History of Quadrapeds" by Thomas Bewick published 1824.

Sold for £80

A collection of thirteen antiquarian literary books, "MacAulay's Essays" in three volumes by Lord MacAulay 1865, "The Works of Edward Young" in three volumes 1813, "The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore" completed one volume 1841, "The Works of Miss Catharine Talbot" 1819, "Essays in a Series of Letter" by John Foster 1848 etc.

Sold for £60

"Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson", two volumes London 1907, "Encyclopedia of English Literature" in three volumes by David Patrick 1903, "The Spectator" in eight volumes Newcastle 1799 and "Tatler" single volume by Alexander Chalmers 1822 and three volumes of "Boswell's Life of Johnson" 1859.

Sold for £35

A collection of eleven antiquarian history books, six volumes "The History of Greece" by William Mitford published in London by Cadell 1795, full leather bindings, together with "A History of Greece" two volume set by Oliver Goldsmith London 1825, leather spines with raised bands and marbled boards, together with two volumes of "The History of The Helvetic Confederacy" by Jospeh Planta 1807 and "The Roman and Teuton" by Charles Kingsley 1864.

Sold for £65

Sixteen antiquarian leather bound history books, "Motley's Dutch Republic", "Warwick The King Maker" by Charles Oman 1893, "The speeches in Parliament of Samuel Horsley" 1813, "Junius 1810", "The Life and  Administrations of Cardinal Wolsley" by John Gault 1824, "Stories From English History" by Church, "How England Saved Europe" by Fitchett etc.

Sold for £90

Two vintage W & AK Johnston Botany Sheets For Beginners, sheet 6 fruits and sheet 4 leaves.  70 x 80 cm, together with two Shell (Petroleum) advertising posters, Shell Guide to "Life on the Tide Line" and "Life in the Meadow".

Sold for £95

An Inn Keepers Liability Act 1863. 36 x 26 cm, framed and mounted, together with a vintage Newcastle Brown Ale metal advertising sign.

Sold for £30

An Edwardian auction poster Brigham H Bowman & Son Auction Sale November 21st 1907, antique and modern household furniture, printed by Scotts of Workington. 89 x 57 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Seven antiquarian history books, "Life of Nelson" by Robert Southey 1902 full leather binding, "Horatio Nelson" by W Clark Russell 1893 full leather binding, "History of France Part I" by E Smedley published by Baldwin & Craddock 1836 leather spine marbled boards, "Reflections on The Revolution in France" by Edmund Burke 1790 with leather spine, "The Life of Napoleon I" by John Holland Rose 1924 with leather spine, "The Life Exile and Conversations of The Emperor Napoleon" by The Count de Lascases 1835 leather bound and "The Last Days of Napoleon Memoirs of The Last Two Years of Napoleons Exile" by F Antommarchi 1826 leather spine and marbled boards.

Sold for £95

Nine antiquarian history books, "View of The State of Europe during the Middle Ages" by Henry Hallam 1834 in three volumes, together with similar "Europe in The Middle Ages" by Henry Hallam 1829 in three volumes and "Middle Ages" by Henry Hallam 1901 edition, edited by Sir William Smith, together with "The History of The Anglo Saxons" by Sharon Turner, two volumes circa 1836.

Sold for £80

Nine antiquarian history books, "Forty One Years in India" by Field Marshall Earl Roberts 1908, "The Life of Lord Lawrence" by R Bosworth Smith in two volumes with portraits and maps 1901, "Robert The Bruce" by Sir Herbert Maxwell 1901, "Charlemagne The Hero of Two Nations" by H W Carlos Davis 1905, "Madame A Life of Henrietta Daughter of Charles I and Duchess of Orleans" by Julia Cartwright 1894, "From Cromwell to Wellington" edited by Spenser Wilkinson 1900 and "Fifty Years of My Life" by George Thomas Earl of Albemarle, in two volumes 1896 (see illustration).

Sold for £140

A collection of antiquarian history books, "The Life of The Prince Consort" by Sir Theodore Martin, five volumes published in 1880, together with "Memoirs of The Court of Queen Elizabeth" by Lucy Aikin in two volumes published 1819 and seven volumes "Robertson's History of Charles V" by William Robertson mixed dates circa 1800, different editions (14).

Sold for £75

Twelve antiquarian theology books, "The History of the Church of Christ" in four volumes by Joseph Milner, full leather bindings 1810, "The History of the Life of Reginald Pole" in two volumes 1767, in full leather bindings, "Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold" by Arthur Stanley, in two volumes published 1898, full leather bindings, "A Pilgrimage To The Holy Land" by Althonse de Lamartine" 1835, full leather bindings and "Elegant Epistles" in two volumes published in London 1803, full leather bindings.

Sold for £120

Five antiquarian theology books, "Ecclesiastical History of Durham" circa 1890, "Antiquates Celto-Inormannicae" by James Johnson 1789, "The Life of Christ" by The Reverend John Fleetwood" 1855, "Manual of Church History" translated from the German by William G T Shedd 1857 and "The Holy Eastern Church" by Reverend John Mason Neale 1873.

Not Sold

Fourteen 18th and 19th century antiquarian books on sermons, including William Paley Archdeacon of Carlisle circa 1790, mostly full leather bindings.

Sold for £60

A collection of antiquarian poetry books, five volume set "Elizabeth Barrett Browning Political Works" 1880, full leather bindings with raised banded spine and gilded end papers, together with a set of three "British Poets" by Thomas Tyrwhitt, published in Edinburgh by James Nichol 1860, full leather binding with raised gilded spine, together with two volumes of Johnson's "Lives of the Poets" volumes II and III with notes by Peter Cunningham London John Murray 1854, leather spines and marbled boards.

Sold for £110

A collection of antiquarian, mostly leather bound poetry books, "Milton's Political Works", Longfellow, Scott, Tennyson, Lamb, The Works of Burns etc.

Sold for £110

A collection of twenty six theological books, mostly leather bound 19th century, "Greek Testament" by Alford, "Gilly's Spirit on The Gospels", "The Life of Pusey" two volumes, "Channings Theological Works", "Christian Year", "Explanation of The Holy Week", "Lexicon Biblicum" etc.

Sold for £30

A collection of antiquarian French and German language books, and Italian book "Risposta del S. Torquato Tasso", this book is the response to harsh criticism Tasso received from Bastian Rossi regarding his notions of civil and religious liberty, single volume dated 1585, also three volumes "The Tour of Switzerland" by E F Lantier circa 1803 and a mixed selection of novels and histories, mostly 19th century and leather bound (see illustration).

Sold for £75

A collection of antiquarian educational books, "Johnson's Dictionary" volume II, circa 1840, "Lectures in Divinity" by John Hey circa 1797, "Elegant Extracts in Prose" circa 1801, "Beeton's Dictionary" in two volumes undated, "Popular Educator" in three volumes circa 1890, "Chambers Miscellany", "Technical Educator", "Beeton's Dictionary of Universal Information" etc.

Sold for £38

Fourteen antiquarian classical books, "MacAulays Lays of Rome" two editions both circa 1899, "Manual of Mythology" by Alexander S Murray 1894, "Cicero" by Augustus Wilkins" circa 1897, "Decimus Juvenalis" circa 1817, "The History of Cyrus The Great" by Jacob Abbott, "Harwoods Grecian Antiquities" circa 1801 etc.

Not Sold

A collection of classical antiquarian books, "Homers Iliad" by Edward Earl of Derby 1864 in two volumes, leather bound with gilded decoration and page edges, together with five volume set "The History of Rome" by Theodor Mommsen in five volumes 1894, published by Richard Bentley & Sons, leather bound gilt decoration and marbled end papers, also "Amadis of Gaul" by Vasco Lobeira, translated by Robert Southey, four volume set 1803, leather bound.

Sold for £350

A collection of twenty four antiquarian books, set of four Waverley novels circa 1868 with leather spines and marbled boards, together with six works of Charles Dickens circa 1896 with leather spines and marbled boards and eleven antiquarian Shakespearean books, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" by W J Craig, "Tales From Shakespeare" by Charles and Mary Lamb 1899, "The Spirit of The Plays of Shakespeare" by Frank Howard 1833 (three volumes) and six "Bells Edition Shakespeare Plays" circa 1774.

Sold for £95

Twenty seven antiquarian books, to include three volume set "O'Donnel" by Sidney Morgan circa 1814, "The Eagles Nest" by Ruskin 1902, "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stephenson 1897, "Winning His Spurs" by G A Henty 1894, "The Keepsake 1928 and 1930" (most of these books are leather bound).

Sold for £130

Lytton Edward Bulwer fourteen volumes, uniform set with leather spines and marble boards, undated, published by George Routledge & Sons, together with seven novels by Mrs Gaskell 1889, published by Smith Elder & Company, leather spines with marbled boards.

Sold for £60

A large Paleolithic or Neolithic flint axe head, reputedly Lake District. Length 18 cm.

Sold for £400

Keswick School of Industrial Arts copper beaker, with foliate design. Height 12 cm, diameter 10.5 cm, together with a heavy gauge copper vase, Arts & Crafts ivy leaf dish diameter 14.5 cm and an Arts & Crafts tray, width 33.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £110

An Inuit green stone carving, in the form of Polar Bear Walrus and hand, initialled to the underside but illegible.

Not Sold

Eight silver proof coins, Prince George silver commemorative crown boxed and with certificate, Charles and Diana crown in box with certificate, Silver Jubilee crown in box with certificate, Guernsey £5 silver coin 1997 in pouch with certificate, Fiji silver proof $10 1997 Golden Wedding coin in pouch with certificate, 2015 £5 coin encapsulated, £2 United Kingdom Commonwealth Games 1986 coin with box and certificate and a silver £1 Guernsey coin with certificate in pouch.

Sold for £80

Westminster The History of Space Exploration gold plated proof coin collection, set of thirty six coins in fitted case.

Sold for £55

A cased First World War Centenary silver 2 ounce proof coin 110/495 boxed with certificate, together with A Margaret Thatcher 2 ounce silver proof coin 17/495 boxed with certificate.

Sold for £60

An Edward VII specimen coin set, comprising sovereign, half sovereign, crown, half crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, fourpence, threepence, two pence and one pence, all dated 1902 in cardboard presentation box (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

A George VI specimen coin set 1937, in original box, graduated coins from one crown to farthing, fifteen coins in total including Maundy money set.

Sold for £190

Two pairs of brass candlesticks, pair of pricket brass altar sticks on three feet with images decorating the base crucifixion, Mary and Jesus. Height 57 cm, together with a second pair standing on three feet with pierced decorated base. Height 43 cm.

Sold for £50

An antique Helvetia Swiss music box polyphon, with nineteen discs with Swiss lake scene picture to the inside of the lid with handle and in working order, plays 8" discs.

Sold for £550

A late 19th century oak carved bracket, with floral top and reeded lower half. Height 68 cm, width 33.5 cm, depth 5 cm.

Sold for £40

Three late 19th century oak panels, of various forms, the smallest rectangular with urn and winged cherubs. Height 47 cm, width 28 cm.

Sold for £45

A Georgian steel bowfronted fender. Width 130 cm, depth +/- 24 cm.

Not Sold

A vintage Taylors Taxis of Whitehaven illuminated sign, with telephone number 2619, protruding from the wall 93 cm. Height +/- 47 cm, depth 16 cm.

Not Sold

A brass Royal Artillery sign, mounted on a mahogany board. Sign height 41 cm.

Not Sold

A late 19th century photograph, horse and carriage outside Browns Prince of Wales Lake Hotel Grasmere, with paper label to rear 24th September 1895 Lot 108 in the Norman Brown Carriage Collection. 16 x 20.5 cm in an oak frame.

Sold for £15

The page from a 15th century service book (a manuscript possibly written in an Italian Monastery of The Franciscan Order) with letter from the Library of Congress Washington DC dated August 24th 1953 addressed to Miss Hanson Memphis Tennessee describing the parchment signed by David C Mearns Chief Manuscripts Division.  The manuscript measuring 50 x 39 cm.

Sold for £90

A silver plated spoon warmer in the form of a shell, together with two 20th century brass pineapple ice buckets and a Victorian/Edwardian brass inkwell stand and brass letter opener in the form of a birds foot and feather.

Sold for £90

A 19th century copper and brass samovar, with brass loop handles and circular feet. Height 44 cm, diameter +/- 26 cm. NOTE: This item has been assigned an ivory exemption certificate number JKNQL9JW.

Sold for £50

A marble and gilt metal wall bracket, of small form with bow and swag decoration. Bracket length 20 cm, plinth width 42 cm, depth 16 cm.

Sold for £40

An early 20th century alabaster and marble bust of a young lady, with headscarf, signed to the rear Bessies. Height 30 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £110

A 20th century clay plaque of a child. Length +/- 24 cm, width +/- 20 cm.

Not Sold

A pair of mid 20th century turned wooden lidded bowls in the form of apples.  Height +/- 9.5 cm.

Sold for £25

Two 19th century shaped rectangular stained glass panels, with lead astragals. Each height 90 cm, width 42 cm.

Sold for £110