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Auction date Wednesday 15 February 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Auction

Wednesday 15th February at 10.30am

Including the collections of

The Richard Pratley collection of Taxidermy,

The Christopher Bent Cockfighting collection, 

A single owner sporting collection, part II.

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Head of Sale: Julian Smith

Page:

of 11

Lots per page:

Total lots: 521

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
191 TWO EDWARDIAN BAMBOO OTTER HUNTING POLES
180cm long and 133cm long (2)

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£50 - £100 £400 View
192 AN EDWARDIAN LARGE WICKER LOG BASKET
with rope carrying handles and metal fittings, 82cm x 82cm

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£200 - £400 £180 View
193 THREE AFRICAN SPEARS
and two African spear heads (5)
£50 - £100 £190 View
194 A VICTORIAN CAST IRON HAY FORK
two Victorian cast-iron shepherds crooks and others

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection
£50 - £100 £140 View
195 H.F. LUCAS LUCAS A Huntsman at the edge of the hillock,
signed to the left hand corner, oil on panel, framed and glazed, with an Eastbourne Fine Art label to the back, 17cm x 24cm
£300 - £500 - View
196 FINCH MASON (1850-1915), THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP 1899 - 'CHUBB WINS!'
watercolour, 25cm x 35cm, signed in full, in later bevelled wood frame and glazed
£150 - £200 - View
197 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "8 Mottle Tippler", watercolour, framed and glazed, 18cm x 14cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £140 View
198 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "Silver Don, Antwerp", watercolour, framed and glazed, 15cm x 19cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £120 View
199 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "The Blue Chequered Dragon", watercolour, framed and glazed, 20cm x 26cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £100 View
200 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "Blackball Tumbler", watercolour, framed and glazed, 20cm x 13cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £100 View
201 VARIOUS COLOURED PRINTS OF RACING PIGEONS
some from the Cassells Pigeon book.

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£50 - £100 £60 View
202 ABERDARE VALLEY FLYING CLUB PIGEON RACING CERTIFICATE 1897
"This is to certify that the following prize has been awarded to M. Bartlett for his racing pigeon", framed and glazed, 24cm x 36cm; together with two other pigeon racing prints and a chicken print,…
£50 - £100 £30 View
203 ANDREW BEER A racing pigeon
with inscription "The following positions were won in Barton Hill, H.S. 1920 by Mr E. Carter Young Bird Racers, 3rd Tamworth, Second The Derby , 4th The Chesterfield, 2nd Normanton and 2nd Average,…
£300 - £500 £320 View
204 ENGLISH SCHOOL,19th century A border collie
oil on board, oval, in mahogany frame and glazed, 8cm diam.

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£50 - £100 £130 View
205 TOM NUTBEEM
A huntsman with his hounds, oil on board, in a decorative painted frame, 23cm x 17cm
£50 - £100 £180 View
206 COLIN GRAHAM Two Hounds
signed lower left, oil on canvas, in a birdseye maple frame, 23cm x 29cm
£80 - £150 £850 View
207 EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, HUNTING SCENE
oil painting, canvas 36cm x 62cm, in gilt moulded frame and glazed; and nine hunting theme colour prints, framed
£100 - £200 £80 View
208 T ILVERSTER LLOYD A SET FOUR BEAGLING PRINTS
signed in pencil and blind stamped, framed and glazed, 25cm x 17cm (4)
£50 - £100 £30 View
209 A COLOURED BOXING PRINT OF TOM SAYERS
Champion of England, framed and glazed in a birds-eye maple frame, printed by Hall, Mandel and Walton; and another coloured boxing print of John C. Heenan, framed and glazed, 36cm x 48cm (2)
£50 - £100 £190 View
210 A PRINT OF A HARE COURSING SCENE
with pencil inscription "Ceritos Thomas Agnew 1856", framed and glazed, 48cm x 40cm; and a coloured print of pointers in a shooting scene over a cornfield, framed and glazed, 30cm x 35cm (2)
£50 - £100 £50 View
211 EMMA TAYLOR: A HARE COURSING SAMPLER
from 1829, with verse "Timed hare in afteride and dismay runs swift through for brushwood and grass. She turns and she winds to get out of their way but the cruel dogs won't let her pass". Emma…
£200 - £400 £260 View
212 A COLOURED PRINT OF A VICTORIAN RATTING SCENE
with inscription "Billy, The Celebrated Rat Killing Dog performing his wonderful feat killing 100 rats in five minutes and a half on 22nd April 1823 being his ninth match", framed and glazed, 53cm x…
£50 - £100 £120 View
213 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT A perch being hooked,
and another of a perch after minnows, oils on board, both framed and glazed, 25cm x 17cm (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£500 - £1,000 £550 View
214 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT A rudd being hooked,
oil on board, framed and glazed, 23cm x 16cm

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£300 - £500 £400 View
215 FIVE EDWARDIAN WATERCOLOURS UNDER GLASS OF TROPICAL FISH
various sizes, all framed and glazed (5)

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection
£50 - £100 £150 View
216 A VICTORIAN EMBROIDERY OF A MACKEREL FISH
framed and glazed in a gilt frame, 32cm x 20cm
£80 - £150 £120 View
217 A J PROBIN: A FLINTLOCK PISTOL
with Damascus octagonal barrel, full walnut stock, steel trigger guard with floral decoration and a wooden ramrod with horn terminal, 36cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£300 - £500 £900 View
218 A FLINTLOCK PISTOL
with full walnut stock, brass floral engraved trigger guard and wooden ramrod with bone top, floral engraved decoration to the hammer, 23cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£100 - £200 £200 View
219 A WALLIS FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL
with full walnut stock, brass trigger guard and brass butt end, with brass ramrod, 50cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£200 - £400 £480 View
220 C. MOORE: A PATENT PERCUSSION PISTOL
the action and trigger guard with floral engraved decoration, 36cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£200 - £400 £440 View
221 G.GOODWIN & CO.: A FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL
with walnut butt, fast action steel barrel, with proof marks and steel trigger guard, 15cm long.
£80 - £150 £300 View
222 D . FARLOW OF LONDON: A PERCUSSSION POCKET PISTOL
with walnut butt, floral engraved brass action and steel circular barrel, with proof marks, 12cm long
£80 - £150 £400 View
223 A PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL
with octagonal barrel, walnut grip and floral engraved action, proof marks to the barrel, 16cm long; and another percussion pistol (2)
£100 - £200 £160 View
224 WALLER OF HORSHAM: A PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL
the octagonal barrel with floral engraved action and walnut grip; and another pocket pistol by Smith of London (2)

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£50 - £100 £110 View
225 A 19TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK AND TURKISH BLUNDERBUSS
with full walnut stock with engraved floral decoration and action, steel ramrod and butt plate, 50cm long
£80 - £150 £240 View
226 M. MORTIMER: A SPRING BAYONET BLUNDERBUSS
with full walnut stock, engraved steel trigger guards, steel butt plate and steel ramrod, 74cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£400 - £600 £770 View
227 A KETLAND FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS
with brass barrel, brass trigger guard, brass butt, full walnut stock and ramrod, no. stamped to the barrel DU-5441, 79cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£300 - £500 £1,100 View
228 A FLINTLOCK BRASS BARREL BLUNDERBUSS
with full walnut stock, brass trigger guard and brass butt plate, stamped to the action V and small crown, 23cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£300 - £500 £360 View
229 AN AMERICAN SINGLE BARREL BLACK POWDER BUFFALO RIFLE .470
with walnut stock, steel trigger guard and steel butt plate, the barrel length 32cm, in a fitted oak case with various gun accessories including powder flask, sight etc., together with a Certificate…
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,400 View
230 COGSWELL & HARRISON LTD OF LONDON: A LEATHER & OAK CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE
with brass corners, red baize-lined interior, leather carrying handle and fitted oak interior (has been adapted), with original Cogswell & Harrison Ltd. label, 14cm x 32cm
£80 - £150 £110 View
231 THREE LEATHER CARTRIDGE BELTS
ear muffs, and a Black Widow folding slingshot, in the original box (5)
£30 - £50 £20 View
232 A VICTORIAN LEATHER "LEG O'MUTTON" GUN CASE
stamped "For Expedition" patent no. 7026, 76cm long.

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£50 - £100 £70 View
233 A CANVAS AND LEATHER SHOOTING BAG
for approximately 100 cartridges, with canvas and leather shoulder strap

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£40 - £60 £50 View
234 A VICTORIAN LEATHER GAME BAG
with leather shoulder strap and leather detachable partridge carriers

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£60 - £80 £60 View
235 A CANVAS AND LEATHER GAME BAG
by Brady (a large size)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£60 - £80 - View
236 WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO OF LONDON: A LEATHER SINGLE GUN CASE
with brass corners, leather straps and various gun cleaning items, for a 29" barrel
£100 - £200 £90 View
237 SKYES PATENT: A VICTORIAN LEATHER & BRASS POWDER FLASK
and seven other Victorian leather powder flasks (8)
£80 - £150 £140 View
238 SKYES PATENT: A VICTORIAN BRASS & COPPER POWDER FLASK
and seven other Victorian brass and copper powder flasks (8)
£80 - £150 £120 View

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