fine arts sale

Csaba Markus (Hungarian born 1953), Toscana a limited edition hand embellished print on multiple layers of paper, signed in gold and numbered 50/... 68.5 x 68.5 cm.

Sold for £85

The Castle aquatint, limited edition 2/35, indistinctly signed and dated 2000. 31 x 24.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

In the manner of Peter Fermin (1928-2018), five pen ink and watercolours, four depicting The Clangers housed in a single frame, the Four Clanger sheets 10 x 10 cm.

Sold for £55

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), a signed print Stramongate Kendal, signed in green ink to the bottom right. 16 x 23 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £100

Alan Laycock RWA (1928-2020), an acrylic watercolour "Yellow Field Near Winstone".  21 x 34 cm, with label to the rear Alan B Laycock Broad Street Hartpury Gloucestershire.

Sold for £42

A still life watercolour "Red Grouse and Pears", initialled S B dated 1886. 43 x 33 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £65

George Blackie Sticks (1843-1938), watercolour possibly Ullswater, signed to the bottom left. 12 x 17 cm in a gilt frame.

Sold for £110

William Walcott RA (1874-1943), etching "Marsham Street Westminster", signed and with label to rear "Commissioned by Sir Valentine Crittall Christmas 1936". 17 x 25 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £40

Stella Steyn (1907-1987), two oil on canvases on board, the first still life rose and vase 26 x 20 cm, the second still life fruit and basket 28 x 25 cm, framed and mounted.  Both unsigned but purchased from Mitchells Auction Cockermouth in 2015 and prior to this purchased from Thomson Roddick & Medcalf Stella Steyn Studio Sale.

Sold for £70

Tom Robb, two oil paintings on board, both signed to the bottom right, landscape and seascape.  29 x 37 cm framed and mounted.

Sold for £200

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), an oval painting "Small Storm Second Series Study No. 5", watercolour collage acrylic, signed and dated 1976.  15 x 20 cm, framed and mounted.  ARR

Not Sold

An early to mid 20th century watercolour of a schooner, (sailing ship) possibly on The Bay of Naples. 42 x 61 cm and in a birds eye maple frame.

Sold for £42

A 19th century oil on canvas rural woodland scene with figures and horses. 30 x 49 cm and in a gilt frame.

Sold for £40

Arthur Easton Roi (1939-2024), oil on board still life with gold case and silver cup with Fosse Gallery Cheltenham label to the rear. 75 x 91 cm, framed, signed and dated 1993 (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Celia Burbush MFA BA oil on canvas on board, bride and groom, unsigned.  100 cm x 100 cm.

Not Sold

Daisy Smith (1891-1963), watercolour "Brown Hen and Chicks", signed to the bottom left. 69 x 45 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £100

Karen Wallbank (British 20th century), oil on canvas "Cattle in Landscape". 58 x 74.5 cm, framed and with Castlegate House Gallery Cockermouth labels to the rear (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Amy Harrison (English 20th century), watercolour "The Cloisters Westminster Abbey London". 33 x 26 cm, framed.

Not Sold

William Mitchell of Maryport (1806-1900), an oil on canvas "Rydal Water" signed to the rear September 1880. 44 x 69 cm, framed.

Sold for £300

William Mitchell of Maryport (1806-1900), an oil on canvas "Derwentwater and the Jaws of Borrowdale from Falcon Crag", signed to the rear and dated 1883. 49 x 75 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), a watercolour and charcoal depicting Boats in Workington Harbour and The Queens Head Pub (John Peel Brewery), initialled PK and dated 1960.  49 x 72 cm, framed and mounted, with note to rear "This painting is the work of my father Percy Kelly, signed Brian Kelly and with Castlegate House Gallery Cockermouth label to the rear.  ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £5000

Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976), pencil drawing Jane Pit Workington, with figures, signed and dated 1969.  25 x 34 cm, framed and mounted.  Provenance:  Formerly the property of Sir Frederick Gibberd, C.B.E. RA, sold at Christies June 2001 and Castlegate House Gallery Cockermouth, also exhibited at The Lefevre Gallery, London.  ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £30000

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), watercolour Maryport Harbour and houses, marked to the rear Castlegate House Gallery Cockermouth and signed Brian Kelly, this is the work of my father Percy Kelly 1918-1993.  43 x 55 cm, framed and mounted.  ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £5000

A 19th century primitive oil on portrait, portrait of a young girl with lap dog, oval 60 cm x 50 cm in giltwood and walnut frame.

Sold for £150

J B Pyne oil on canvas, coastal scene with fishing vessel and ruins. 36 cm x 51 cm, framed, relined.

Sold for £320

Oil on canvas Fishing Vessel horse and cart and coastal scene. 43 cm x 51 cm.

Not Sold

A late 18th/early 19th century English School watercolour, landscape. 35 cm x 47 cm, framed, label verso "Landscape Attributed to John Glover (1767-1849)".

Sold for £50

T Sidney Cooper oil on panel, Cattle in landscape.  103 cm x 60 cm, framed, signed.

Not Sold

A 19th century British primitive oil on canvas, Cattle and figures in landscape. 70 cm x 90 cm, framed, signed with initials, possibly D J L, relined and in original gilt frame (see illustration).

Not Sold

After Jean Baptiste Pater (French 1695-1736), also after Watteau oil on canvas "Party Picnicking". 118 cm x 104 cm, in gilt frame (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

Luidjinni (Italian) oil on canvas, dog with kittens.  49 cm x 87 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £50

Tom Dack (Thomas born 1933), watercolour still life flowers in vase, signed to bottom right. 22 x 14 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

James Ingham Riley (British 20th century), Member of The Lake Artist Society, two watercolours both signed to the mount, Scottish Loch scenes. 5 x 8.5 cm.

Sold for £32

Jill Aldersley (1943-2007), member of The Lake Artist Society, two Scottish watercolours, Isle of Skye.  13 x 36 cm and another 13 x 36 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £85

Jill Aldersley (1943-2007), member of The Lake Artist Society, two watercolours "Ardtreck Point Outer Hebrides".  11 x 27 cm, and "Loch Birttle Isle of Skye Scotland".  11 x 26 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

Jill Aldersley (1943-2007), member of The Lake Artist Society, two watercolours "The Isle of Skye Scotland".  12 x 16.5 cm and 16.5 x 11.5 cm, both framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Jill Aldersley (1943-2007), member of The Lake Artist Society, two watercolours, the first "Rainy Day Ben Nevis From Banavie".  20 x 25 cm, framed and mounted, together with "Clearing Rain Llanberis Wales".  14 x 19 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Jill Aldersley (1943-2007), member of The Lake Artist Society, watercolour "Windermere From The Steamboat Museum".  27 x 37 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Jill Aldersley (1943-2007), Member of The Lake Artist Society, two Lake District watercolours, the first of a Lakeland Farm, 14 x 20 cm framed and mounted, together with another "Showery Afternoon Near Ings", 14 x 22 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £70

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), watercolour Road and Cottage scene on headed paper, 7 Gospel Lane St David's Pembrokeshire Daffyd Wales.  28.5 x 20 cm, framed and mounted, with applied sticker to the rear "This painting is the work of my father Percy Kelly 1918-1993, signed Brian Kelly.  ARR

Sold for £950

Jim Ridout (born 1946), watercolour "Saint Herbert's Isle By Moonlight" (Derwentwater).  42 x 73 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £80

Jim Ridout (born 1946), watercolour "Haystacks from Wansfell Beck Buttermere".  63 x 40 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £70

Jim Ridout (born 1946), watercolour "Clouds Breaking Over Eel Tarn". 39 x 64 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Emma Ridout, watercolour depicting Brotherswater.  33 x 53 cm, signed, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Tim Gustard (born 1954), an acrylic "A Little Wine", depicting a glass of wine and cheese.  18.5 x 12 cm, framed and mounted.  ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £700

C J Thornton (1911-2001), watercolour of Church on the Fens, signed bottom right-hand side corner. 28 x 17 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

A framed set of three antique prints of Bambini of Andrea della Robbia sculptures, decorating the facade of The Ospedale Degli Innocenti Florence.  Frame size +/- 40 cm x 20 cm.

Sold for £50

Oswald Garside (1879-1942), watercolour of a beach scene, signed lower left. 46 cm x 21 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Bernard Eyre Walker, Lake District watercolour of Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle. 37.5 cm x 27.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £55

An early Victorian portrait signed J H Mole 1841, with letter to the back of the frame indicating this is Michael Nicholson born 1784, died 1857. 15 cm x 11.5 cm with contemporary frame and mount.

Sold for £70

Henry Sylvester Stannard (1898-1947), watercolour of a cottage scene "Watching The Thatcher".  35 x 25.5 cm in gilt frame and mount.

Sold for £320

Teresa Sylvester Stannard (1898-1947), watercolour "A Warwickshire cottage".  35 x 25 cm in original gilt frame and mount.

Sold for £260

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour Dearham Church, signed and dated 1926. 42 x 59 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Elizabeth Walsh, watercolour wild flowers and Red Admiral butterflies, signed to the bottom left. 44 x 46 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £100

Elizabeth Walsh, watercolour Yellowhammers and gorse, signed to the bottom right. 44 x 48 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £80

Elizabeth Walsh, watercolour Red Squirrel with pine cones. 26 x 29 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £80

Len Roope (1970-2005), watercolour life model. 43.5 cm x 27 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £90

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), Lake District watercolour, signed Edward H Thompson 1924 lower right. 25 cm x 17 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £260

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), Lake District watercolour, signed Edward H Thompson 1924 lower right. 25 cm x 17 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £220

Sam Bough (1822-1878), watercolour Glencaple Ferry, River Nith, circa 1860. 27 cm x 18.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £320

Sam Bough (1822-1878), watercolour possibly of a Scottish scene, signed and dated to lower left 1867.  21.5 cm x 13 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £140

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), original signed drawing The Skiddaw Group from Ashness Bridge.  22 cm x 18 cm, framed and mounted.  ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £700

Jack B Yeats (1871-1957), Cottage in Connemara, original coloured print. +/- 39 cm x 13.5 cm, in black frame.

Sold for £480

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), oil painting of cattle next to Bassenthwaite Lake with Skiddaw in background, signed bottom right-hand corner WL Turner.  44.5 cm x 29 cm in gilt frame.

Sold for £100

Arthur Tucker (1864-1929), signed Lakeland Watercolour. 34.5 cm x 24 cm, mounted and framed.

Sold for £100

Arthur Terry Blamires (born 1930), oil on board Calf Close Bay Derwentwater 1979.  58.5 cm x 38.5 cm.

Sold for £150

Arthur Terry Blamires (born 1930), oil on board Buttermere and Crummock Water from Haystacks 1986.  61 cm x 41 cm, framed.

Sold for £140

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787-1855), Lakeland landscape with small boat and figures to foreground.  Signed Copley Fielding 1829.  60 cm x 35 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £35

Bernard Benedict Hemy (1855-1913), large oil on canvas of paddle steamer and boats.  74.5 cm x 49 cm in gilt wood frame.

Not Sold

Thomas Swift Hutton (1965-1935), watercolour possibly Leith Edinburgh.  25 cm x 16 cm framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Thomas Swift Hutton (1865-1935), North East coastal watercolour, possibly of Blythe Coast Seaton Sluice Village.  52.5 cm x 25 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Thomas Swift Hutton (1865-1935), watercolour of coastal scene Roker (Tyne & Wear).  35.5 cm x 50 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Marshall Ould, watercolour of Otley show 1995, showground with horses and tents with town in background. 33.5 cm x 24 cm framed and mounted.

Sold for £40

An oil on canvas of a landscape, with shepherd herding sheep.  16.5 cm x 25 cm in gilt frame.

Sold for £220

Still life oil on canvas of a basket of fruit, indistinct signature. 29 cm x 24 cm, set in a gilt wood frame.

Sold for £150

John Henry West, two oil paintings on board maritime scenes. Largest 29 cm x 21 cm, in original frames.

Sold for £70

Nathaniel Sparks, watercolour tree in landscape. 23.5 cm x 35 cm, together with three engravings "Crossing The Maes From Gocrum 1795", also "Ghent" and "Lugano".

Sold for £20

Arthus Pausen, an etching "Pastorale Allegro" and another depicting Assisi together with an etching of a horse.  Largest 24 cm x 29 cm, all framed and signed.

Sold for £40

M Sutton, oil on canvas rural scene with lake and Cypress trees.  21 cm x 14 cm and another depicting a castle.  26 cm x 40 cm.

Sold for £20

A Victorian oil painting on canvas, a young girl in pensive pose. 76 cm x 63 cm, unframed.

Sold for £35

G Caurbouni, oil on canvas young boy playing a lute. 59 cm x 39 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £70

After Adriaen van Ostade, a 17th century antiquarian print of a cottage scene with figures and animals and another similar.  14.5 cm x 18 cm and 18.5 cm x 16.5 cm, each in Hoggarth frame.

Not Sold

Nelson Dawson, watercolour continental lake and mountain scene with sailing vessels. 21 cm x 26 cm, framed, signed.

Not Sold

Julian Cooper (born 1947), oil on paper "Ambleside Interior".  146 cm x 208 cm, framed, signed and dated 1993.  ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £2200

A vintage Leonidas Track Master stop watch, with black plastic case, dial diameter 4.5 cm.

Sold for £40

An Australian First Nation Aboriginal throwing club (Waddy Nulla-Nulla). Length 42 cm.

Not Sold

A large wooden model of a three masted sailing ship raised on a wooden base. Height +/- 113 cm, length 140 cm, depth +/- 16 cm.

Sold for £180

A collection of four books on ironmongery and transport, William Dibben & Sons Limited Builders Merchants and Ironmongers Southampton, catalogue No. 36 circa 1930, "Our Iron Roads" by F S Williams, published by Bemrose & Sons 1885 with numerous illustrations, "The Book of The Ford" by R T Nicholson fifth edition 1920, "The Locomotive Engine and Its Development" by Clement Stretton 1892.

Not Sold

"The New London Cookery and Complete Domestic Guide by a Lady", published by G Virtue, hard cover, half calf leather binding undated but circa 1827, boards and spine in poor condition but present and attached, the internal pages in fair to acceptable condition.

Sold for £30

An 18th century Dutch brass bed warming pan, with turned wooden handle. Height 112 cm.

Not Sold

A model World War II aeroplane, in the manner of a Spitfire, marked to the side 1944 RJB, with rotating propellor. Length 49 cm, wing tip to wing tip 50 cm.

Not Sold

A Victorian perfume bottle, together with a Bilston style enamelled box lid, a pewter pot marked to underside Orivit and a scent bottle case retailed by Howell & James Limited London.

Not Sold

Four antique brass chestnut roasters, all with pierced decoration, all +/- 57 cm.

Not Sold

A brass Trench Art shell casing, First World War dated 1918. Height 40 cm, with a brass poker and spark guard, height 71 cm, width 66 cm.

Sold for £10

A collection of antique brass skimmers, horse brasses etc.

Not Sold

A carved wooden stick with spiral decoration and lead handle tapering to a point. Overall length 95 cm.

Not Sold

A copper bodied pistol powder flask, with shell decorated body. Length 9 cm.

Sold for £12

The Lakes Distillery Whisky Makers Reserve No. 1 single malt whisky. 70 cl, 60.6%. Boxed.

Sold for £500

"Turnpikes and Toll-Bars" compiled by Mark Searle, volumes 1 & 2 published by Hutchinson & Company London, limited edition 73/500 in two volumes with twelve coloured plates and 515 other illustrations.

Sold for £80

A collection of English travel and coaching books etc, "Signpost to the Past" by Gelling, "History by the Highways" by M D Anderson, "Coaching Life" by Hanson, "Road Transport in Cumbria in the 19th Century" by L A Williams, "The Old Roads of England" by Addison, "Medieval Roads and Tracks" by Paul Hindle etc.

Not Sold