Oil Painting of Spaniels at rest realises £2800

Oil Painting of Spaniels at rest realises £2,800
With entries consigned from throughout the country including Shropshire, Derbyshire,
Lincolnshire and Cornwall, a wide array of goods were available at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s
recent West Country Sporting Sale held at their Taunton Salerooms on Thursday 22nd March.
Top honours were realised for a 19th Century English School Oil Painting of Spaniels at rest
in a game larder selling for £2,800, and the vehicle registration plate EX11 OOR (Exmoor)
was secured by a purchaser residing in the National Park at £1,800.
“A marked increase in painting and book prices, together with a large attendance of buyers on
the day resulted in a successful sale” commented auctioneer, Stuart Triggol.
Principal results for the sale are reported as follows:
Sporting Books: Brands Hatch Motor Racing Programme, 1971, signed by drivers including
Graham Hill, James Hunt and Niki Lauda £320; A Thorburn, ‘British Birds’, 4 volumes
£240; Ayrton Senna, Formula 1 Motor Racing Photographs, some signed and related
literature £200; Testimonial to George Castle, 1st whipper-in to the Duke of Beaufort’s
Hounds, 1914-1925, inc a bound volume of subscribers and a Lionel Edwards ink and pencil
sketch £200; Maud Earl, ‘The Power of the Dog’, 1 of 100 copies signed by the artist £170.
Miscellaneous Prints: Set of 6 Ackermann’s ‘Life and Death of a Racehorse’, 1848, £190;
After Charles E Baldock, two hunting scenes £150.
Lionel Edwards Prints: ‘The Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds coming out of the
Danesbrook’ £230; ‘Tarr Steps, Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds’ £190; ‘The Duke of
Beaufort in his Car watching the hunt’ £190.
Cecil Aldin Prints: ‘Weight will tell’ and ‘Toleration’ £160.
Snaffles Prints: ‘Landing his wager’ £200
Watercolours: Roland Green Partridges in flight £310; John Lewis Fitzgerald, Cock and Hen
Pheasants £260; Lionel Edwards, ‘A Hind & Calf, Lillicombe’, pen and ink £200; Philip
Rickman, ‘Twisting and turning’, a Snipe in flight £180.
Oil Paintings: Richard Smyly, ‘Mr Toad’, a bull terrier £800; Follower of John Emms, Stable
scene with hounds and a hunter £580; Margaret Wynn Bay hunter in a landscape £380;
Follower of John Hardy Junior, Retrievers with a pheasant £320; William Mitchell, Study of
a St Bernard Dog £300.
Fishing: Hardy Featherweight Fly Reel £110; Boxed fly tying outfit and accessories £75;
Hardy graphite Fly Rod £70; Orvis HLS graphite Fly Rod £65.
Taxidermy: Impressive Red Deer Stag’s Head £520; Black Rhinoceros forefoot Doorstop
£300; Leopard Skin Rug £180; Pair of Scottish Snowy Hares £110; Pair of antlers £110.
Decorative Items: After Emma Macdermott, pair of bronze figures of Bull Terriers, £1,100;
After Belinda Sillars, cold bronze of a running Hound £820 and another of a running Fox
£650; bronze figure of a Stag £400; Basil Matthews ‘The Chase’, a porcelain hunting group
£205; a Horse’s Hoof Inkwell, stamped ‘Peter Spicer and Sons, Leamington’ £180.
Saddlery and leather goods: Willow Picnic Hamper £80; Two folding Boot Jacks £80;
Victorian Game Carrier £52.
Whips etc: Leather Stick Stand £280; Hunting Whip with silver collar £90; Gents Hunting
Whip £65.
Horns and Buttons: Miniature Horn by ‘Kohler & Son, London’ £130; assorted brass Hunt
Buttons, mainly by Firmin £110.
Hats, Boots and Coats: Set of ‘Holland & Holland’ Shooting Clothing £140; Ladies black
leather Hunting Boots and Trees £120; Black silk Top Hat £110; Black Riding Hat by ‘S
Patey, London’ £85.
Other Sports: Framed black and white Photograph of the M.C.C. Cricket Team who toured
Australia in 1928-29 and retained the Ashes, signed by the whole team £420; Signed 2005
England Ashes Cricket Team Shirt £65.
Further entries are now being accepted for the Autumn Sporting Sale to be held in October.
Contact Stuart Triggol on 01823 332525 for further details.