SOLD FOR £60
Circle of Thomas Hargreaves (1775-1846), Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Black Jacket and White Stock, 19th century watercolour on ivory, 9cm x 7cm, within an ebonized frame. Ivory Exemption Certificate WMYA92AL
SOLD FOR £140
**Arthur Easton (1939-2024), Abstract with Figure, Bird and Plant in a Landscape, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1986, 71cm x 66cm. ** Please note, Artists Resale Rights may be payable on this lot
SOLD FOR £180
Robert Havell, after James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) "A View of the Botanic Garden House and Reach" (Kolkata, India), engraving with aquatint and hand-colouring, published for "Views of Calcutta and its environs, from drawings Executed by James B. Fraser, Esq. From Sketches made on the Spot" by Rodwell and Martin 1824-1826, 32cm x 46cm, within a stained wood frame.
SOLD FOR £100
John Hall Thorpe (1874-1947), Bluebell Wood, woodcut in colours, signed in pencil, 19cm x 17cm, within an ebonized frame.
SOLD FOR £60
Peter Gilman (British, 1928-1984), "Wells, Norfolk", 20th century watercolour, signed recto, titled verso, 13cm x 18cm, within a stained wood and gilt frame.
SOLD FOR £55
Peter Gilman (British, 1928-1984), "Neiljan of Maldon, Snape", 20th century oil on board, signed recto, titled verso, 22cm x 29cm, within a painted and gilt frame.
SOLD FOR £280
John Deschamps, "The Galle-face Esplenade, from Middleburg Counterguard", "Colpitty, from the Cinnamon Gardens", "The Lake of Kandy", three stone lithographs with hand-colouring, published for "Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon" by Ackermann & Co 1845, each 22cm x 32cm, all within matching painted wood and gilt frames. Note: "Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon" was an important and ambitious survey of mid-19th century Sri Lanka, where Deschamps spent nine years as an officer in the Royal Artillery
SOLD FOR £540
Ethel Luella Curry (Canadian, 1902-2000), "Eastlake North Haliburton County", oil on board, signed recto, titled and dated July 1932 verso, 20cm x 25cm, within a painted wood frame. Note: Ethel Curry was a Canadian painter, printmaker, potter, and educator. Born in Irondale, Haliburton County, Ontario, in 1902, she studied at the Ontario College of Art beginning in 1924, where she learned from and worked alongside members of the Group of Seven, including Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald. While in Toronto, Curry formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist Doris McCarthy; the two met as students in the 1920s and later both taught in Toronto high schools. Curry spent much of her professional life as an instructor at Northern Vocational School before retiring in 1965 and returning to Haliburton, where she remained active in the local art community until her death in 2000. References: Robert Popple, "Northern Belle: The Life Story of Haliburton's Ethel Curry, Including Her Connections to the Group of Seven" (RTP Publications, Haliburton, Ontario, 2003).
SOLD FOR £75
After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait of Sarah Garay Copley (nee Brunsden), Lady Lyndhurst, 19th century oil on board, 20cm x 17cm, within a gilt composition frame.
SOLD FOR £1000
Attributed to Peter Monamy (British, 1681-1749), "Shipping off Jersey", 18th century oil on canvas, labels verso, 21cmx 52cm, within a gilt frame. Provenance: The Parker Gallery, stock no. 1245.
SOLD FOR £680
Isabel Wrightson (British, 1890-1971), "French Crabbers in Newlyn Harbour", watercolour with gouache, signed and dated 1961 recto, titled label verso, 55cm x 75cm, within a painted wood and hessian frame. Exhibited: The Royal Society of British Artists 237th Exhibition in 1962, catalogue no. 196; Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Sussex Artists Exhibition 1968.
SOLD FOR £95
Hedley Fitton (British, 1857-1929), "Via dei Girolami, Florence", 19th century etching, signed in pencil recto, title verso, 32cm x 35cm, within a stained wood frame.
SOLD FOR £65
Leonard Dawkins, "Freedom to Fly at Last" (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress), watercolour with gouache, signed recto, titled and inscribed verso, 20cm x 50cm, within a gilt frame.
SOLD FOR £130
Alexander P. Thomson (British, 1887-1962), "A Day on the River", early 20th century watercolour, signed recto, titled exhibition label verso, 61cm x 50cm, within a gilt frame.
SOLD FOR £130
Geoffrey Sparrow (British, 1887-1969), "The Eton College Beagles", etching with hand-colouring, signed and titled in pencil, 22cm x 29cm, within a Hogarth style frame.
SOLD FOR £80
Circle of William Collins (British, 1788-1847), Fishing Boats and Figures in a Cove, 19th century oil on board, 28cm x 38cm, within a stained wood and gilt Dutch ripple frame
SOLD FOR £1200
A rare mid 17th century Interregnum stumpwork portrait depicting a child dressed in richly articulated costume, holding a small dog beneath his left arm. In his hands he carries a quill and a letter inscribed "Give Thy selfe to learne my slam (psalm, 1656". Enclosed within an oval cartouche of leaf and berry motifs, further flanked in each corner by four winged angels. Composed of raised work consisting of collage and embroidery, using various fabrics, silk, coloured wool and metallised threads, on a pale gold silk ground, printed extract from Sir Matthew Hale's diary verso, 20cm x 17.5cm, within a dark stained wood frame.
SOLD FOR £85
Of East India Company interest, a watercolour of the Armorial bearing of Major General Sir Henry Worsley GBE 1768-1841 23cm x 18cm, together with H J Walker, a pair of watercolour portraits of Sir Henry Worsley as a Lieutenant and Lady Worsley 29cm x 18cm, an early black and white portrait miniature of a young Sir Henry Worsley in a silver frame
SOLD FOR £85
A Victorian bevelled plate mirror contained in a carved oak frame 82cm x 57cm
SOLD FOR £300
Robert "Mouseman" Thompson of Kilburn, a kidney shaped twin handled tea tray the handles in the form of mice 47cm w x 31cm d
SOLD FOR £140
A red Parker Slinfold fountain pen, a blue Parker 17 Lad fountain pen, a Parker Sonnet fountain pen, a Parker 61 with grey body (crack to body), a Parker fountain pen with 18ct gold nib in a marble effect case, 1 other Parker fountain pen, a Blackbird self filling pen (crack to top), a Conway fountain pen with 14ct gold nib and a Sheaffer fountain pen with 14ct gold nib
SOLD FOR £120
A Chinese figure of a standing man with deer 16cm together with a Chinese figure group of 2 standing ladies 16cm
SOLD FOR £110
A Qing dynasty cushion shaped bowl decorated figures 3cm together with a circular floral pattern bowl with gilt metal mounts 8cm and a Japanese plate decorated figures in a boat 15cm
SOLD FOR £75
A bottle of 1953 Chateau Batailley Grand Cru Classe, bottle of 1974 Chateau Bertiquet St.St Emilion Grand Cru, bottle of 1986 Margaux (label loose) and a bottle of 1990 Domaine du Grand Bosc Fitou, red wines
SOLD FOR £280
A 20th Century 8 fold Chinese embroidered silk dressing screen decorated fabulous birds amongst flowering branches 190cm h x 368cm w when unfolded