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Date : 08/12/2023 Lot 223

Mrs Richard Hardey (Hannah Maria Hudson) (Hull 1815-1865): George Earle (1782-1863) and Mary Foster - Half Length Portraits, pair oval oils on canvas, the latter signed and dated 1854 verso 74cm x 62cm (2) Notes: Hannah Maria Hudson, daughter of Wesleyan Minister Revd. Benjamin Brook Hudson and his wife Hannah, was born in Dumfries in 1815, but soon moved to Barrow upon Humber where her father was a minister. She married Mr Richard Hardey (1816-1889) on 23rd April 1840 and the couple moved to Hull. Hannah worked as a talented, if relatively unknown, portrait painter, working under the name of 'Mrs Richard Hardey'. Sadly, Hannah developed breast cancer and died in January 1865, while Richard went on to work as a successful portrait photographer. George Earle Jnr was the son of George Earle Snr (1748-1827), who migrated to Hull c.1777 and established himself as a stonemason, architect and speculative builder, and Mary Hargrave, daughter of stone mason and carver-gilder, Jeremiah Hargrave. George Jnr. married Mary Foster at St Mary's Church, Sculcoates on 19th February 1811, and, alongside his brother Thomas, established a business as Hull merchants who were, for a time, the town's leading importers of slate, stone, and Italian marble. In the 1851 census, he is listed as a 'Merchant, Ship Owner & Cement Manufacturer'. George Jnr's nephews Charles Foster Earle (1819-1870) and William Joel Earle (1824-1871) would go on to found C and W Earle (Earle's Shipbuilding) in 1845, having bought the Junction Foundry from James Livingston who built the first iron steam packet in 1831.

SOLD £650

Date : 15/03/2024 Lot 131

Frederick (Fred) Dade (British 1874-1908): 'Evening Reed Farm', oil on canvas signed, titled with artist's address 'Paradise Scarborough' verso 19cm x 29cm Provenance: from the estate of Christine Dexter and by descent from Frank Henry Mason's sister Eleanor Marie (Nellie). Fred was a keen yachtsman and together with his brother Ernest and Frank Mason were founder members of Scarborough Yacht Club in 1895.

SOLD £360

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 311

Nine silver Masonic jewels, hallmarked, including Royal Masonic Institutions for girls 1932 and 1924, Order of Buffalo Primo, Railway Lodge 8074 etc

SOLD £80

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 111

Masons Ironstone Mandalay pattern ginger jar and cover, together with matching jug and other Masons items

SOLD £35

Date : 16/09/2023 Lot 1159

John Stonehouse of Leeds - mahogany 8-day longcase clock with a painted oval dial c1830, hood with a swans necked pediment and profuse contrasting inlay to both the hood and case, oval hood door with flanking pilasters and Corinthian capitals, conforming case with canted corners and short triple spire door, broad plinth with matching inlay and canted corners on shallow base, dial depicting masonic regalia, symbols, and pictorial depictions of the humanities, faith, hope, charity and righteousness, black chapter with white roman Arabic’s, date recorder and matching “crown” hands, dial pinned to a rack striking movement with a recoil anchor escapement, striking the hours on a coiled underslung gong. With weights and gridiron pendulum. This clock case is of large, impressive dimensions and was almost certainly commissioned for a large masonic lodge in Leeds, a rare and unique example.

SOLD £1100

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 182

9ct gold Masonic Past Masters jewel, presented to 'W Bro Keith Leonard Hoggard by the bretheren of the Lodge St Andrew as a mark of esteem for valuable services rendered as worshipful master 1989-1990', hallmarked, together with a 9ct gold Masonic stick pin and stud

SOLD £340

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 181

Edwardian silver and enamel Masonic jewel, Everton Lodge no 823, presented to bro DC Roberts initiated September 1908, hallmarked George Kenning & Son, London 1909, in original tooled leather fitted case, together with associated kid leather apron and leather satchel and a further silver Masonic Hall Stone Million Memorial Jewel depicting a standing angel, presented to Bro RA Whiting no 3726, hallmarked J R Gaunt & Son, Birmingham 1923

SOLD £110

Date : 07/07/2023 Lot 3080

Mrs Richard Hardey (Hannah Maria Hudson) (Hull 1815-1865): George Earle (1782-1863) and Mary Foster - Half Length Portraits, pair oval oils on canvas, the latter signed and dated 1854 verso 74cm x 62cm (2) Notes: Hannah Maria Hudson, daughter of Wesleyan Minister Revd. Benjamin Brook Hudson and his wife Hannah, was born in Dumfries in 1815, but soon moved to Barrow upon Humber where her father was a minister. She married Mr Richard Hardey (1816-1889) on 23rd April 1840 and the couple moved to Hull. Hannah worked as a talented, if relatively unknown, portrait painter, working under the name of 'Mrs Richard Hardey'. Sadly, Hannah developed breast cancer and died in January 1865, while Richard went on to work as a successful portrait photographer. George Earle Jnr was the son of George Earle Snr (1748-1827), who migrated to Hull c.1777 and established himself as a stonemason, architect and speculative builder, and Mary Hargrave, daughter of stone mason and carver-gilder, Jeremiah Hargrave. George Jnr. married Mary Foster at St Mary's Church, Sculcoates on 19th February 1811, and, alongside his brother Thomas, established a business as Hull merchants who were, for a time, the town's leading importers of slate, stone, and Italian marble. In the 1851 census, he is listed as a 'Merchant, Ship Owner & Cement Manufacturer'. George Jnr's nephews Charles Foster Earle (1819-1870) and William Joel Earle (1824-1871) would go on to found C and W Earle (Earle's Shipbuilding) in 1845, having bought the Junction Foundry from James Livingston who built the first iron steam packet in 1831.

SOLD £280

Date : 15/09/2023 Lot 47

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): 'Venice Looking from St Mark's Square', watercolour signed, titled verso 11cm x 25cm

SOLD £400

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 176

Frank Mason and Noel Pocock; Alice in Holidayland - A Parody in Prose, Verse and Picture. Perpetuated with Profound Apologies to Lewis Carroll and Sir John Tenniel, text by F W Martindale, containing illustrations of Alice at local seaside resorts, including Scarborough, Bridlington and Robin Hoods Bay

SOLD £95

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5160

Masons and Furnival Denmark pattern blue and white tea wares, together with a Royal Worcester trinket box, Leedsware bowl and other ceramics and glassware, in four boxes

SOLD £15

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5038

Leeds Pottery meat platter, Wedgwood Jasperware vase, Beswick wall planter, two Mason's miniature vases and a Meakin Sunflower platter

SOLD £45

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 275

Masonic regalia, including two silver-gilt medals/jewels, centenary medal, aprons, and sash etc, housed in brown briefcase

SOLD £55

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 66

Collection of Masons Ironstone Chartreuse pattern, to include clock, six teacups, twin handled dish, ring dish, plates vases, etc, many with original boxes, clock H24cm

SOLD £180

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2201

Edwardian 18ct gold open face keyless lever pocket watch by John Mason, Rotherham & Barnsley, No. 208923, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the monogrammed back case by Rotherham & Sons, Birmingham 1903

SOLD £1100

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 5173

Collection of ceramics, to include Rockingham tapering spill vase and various Mason items

SOLD £20

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 5083

Royal Worcester teacups, coffee cans and saucers, together with two Mason's jugs, Aynsley Orchard Gold coffee can, side plate and saucer, other similar ceramics and a collection of miniature clocks

SOLD £15

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 5079

Copeland Spode blue and white meat platter with gilt edge, together with a pair of Royal Doulton Old English Sayings plates, and two Masons serving plates, each with stamped mark beneath, platter L44cm

SOLD £15

Date : 16/11/2023 Lot 2589

Pair of Victorian silver sugar tongs, with pierced decoration, hallmarked Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1892, together with three hallmarked silver napkin rings

SOLD £40

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 5160

Large collection of items, to include tea service, Masons vase, glassware etc, in eight boxes

SOLD £30

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 5025

Masons Mandalay pattern lamp, H35cm

SOLD £30

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 73

Masons Ironstone Cathay pattern ceramics, including vases, jugs, trinket boxes and trinket dishes, many in original boxes

SOLD £50

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 68

Masons Ironstone in the Mandalay pattern stepped dish, vase, jug , covered jar and two picture frames

SOLD £50

Date : 15/03/2024 Lot 143

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Yachting 'Off Dover', oil on canvas laid on to board signed, titled verso 14cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased David Duggleby Ltd 16th March 2015 Lot 16

SOLD £600

Date : 15/03/2024 Lot 140

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): 'Whitby' Harbour at High Tide, watercolour signed titled and dated '97, 23cm x 34cm

SOLD £420

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5258

Large collection of Masonic related ceramics and ephemera, including presentation plates, books, menus, regulations, bible, etc

SOLD £15

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5171

Group of assorted ceramics and glassware, to include three Wedgwood light blue Jasperware pin dishes and small box, blue and white transfer printed soup tureen and cover with spoon and stand, German silver lustre teapot, Masons Mandalay pattern jug, Royal Tudor Ware Chintz pattern wares, glass decanter, glass cake stand, glass jug, glass bowls, plus various other glassware and ceramics, in three boxes

SOLD £20

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5170

Masons blue flower pattern lamp, H62cm

SOLD £15

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5122

Minton Bombay pattern platter, together with Mason's meat platter, decorated with mythical beast, and two Cauldron Place Opaque China dishes

SOLD £20

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5071

Two WWI medals, Masonic jewel, and pair of field & Marine binoculars

SOLD £20

Date : 25/04/2024 Lot 2544

Pair of Victorian silver fish servers, with naturalistic silver handles, each engraved with a dolphin design and the crest of the lion rampant to blades, hallmarked Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1854, knife L31cm

SOLD £65

Date : 25/04/2024 Lot 2067

Pair of 9ct gold enamel Masonic cufflinks, Birmingham 1973

SOLD £140

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 321

9ct rose gold mourning pin, decorated with an eye and a masonic symbol behind a glazed panel, toghether with a silver albert chain, with silver fob, silver cheroot holder, plated vesta case in the form of a book and a gentleman's Glycine wristwatch

SOLD £70

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 183

Two silver and enamel Masonic jewels, the first an Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes attendance jewel for the King William Lodge No. 301 Hull, with presentation engraving verso, the second a Humber Chapter No. 57 1827-1927 example, together with a silver-gilt medal inscribed in enamel 'Past President The West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants, all hallmarked

SOLD £90

Date : 08/12/2023 Lot 121

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): 'On the Dutch Coast', watercolour signed and inscribed 'to Arthur Watson 1901', 17cm x 32cm Provenance: private collection, exh. Phillips & Sons, The Dower House, Cookham, October 1996, label verso

SOLD £180

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2874

Mostly commemorative coins, including two Queen Elizabeth II 1977 silver proof crowns both cased with certificate, Barbados 1998 silver proof ten dollars cased with certificate, various commemorative crowns many in plastic displays, modern Masonic interest medallions etc

SOLD £40

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5154

Five ceramic floral displays, including examples by Adderley and Royal Albert, together with Masons Mandalay pattern ceramics including bowl and photograph frame, etc

SOLD £25

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5054

Six gentlemans wristwatches including Accurist and Seiko, a ladies Tissot wristwatch and a collection of costume jewellery including Masonic cufflinks, gold plated heart locket, pin badges, etc

SOLD £15

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5049

Victorian ebonised wooden desk stand, with brass mounts and two glass inkwells, together with two pewter tankards with Masonic engravings, two pewter quaiches, horn handled carving set, the fork with silver mounts and a collection of other metalware

SOLD £50

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5030

Masons Ironstone ceramics, including Double Landscape pattern plate and jar and cover, Fruit Basket pattern tea pots, etc, in two boxes

SOLD £15

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5029

Masons Ironstone ceramics, including Ascot pattern jug, charger and oval plates, two tea jars, Manchu pattern fruit bowl, Fruit Basket pattern fruit bowl, etc, in three boxes

SOLD £15

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5028

Masons Ironstone Mandalay pattern ceramics, including teapot, jar and cover, fruit bowl, butter dish, plates and bowls, etc, in two boxes

SOLD £75

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 144

Three Masons table lamps, one in Mandalay pattern and two others, largest H48cm

SOLD £25

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 143

Pair of Masons Mandalay table lamps, H40cm

SOLD £30

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 69

Masons Vista pattern ceramics, including coffee pot, sauce boat, twin handled jar and cover, teapots, mugs, etc

SOLD £95

Date : 16/12/2023 Lot 4172

Arnold Henry Mason (British 1885-1963): Portrait Study of a 50's Woman, pencil sketch signed indistinctly dedicated and dated 1954, 35cm x 25cm

SOLD £75

Date : 18/01/2024 Lot 2503

Four Indian silver dishes, three of oval form with shaped and pierced sides, each with Masonic presentation engravings, together with a similar circular example, all stamped Silver to base

SOLD £200

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5296

Small quantity of Masonic regalia

SOLD £15

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5280

Royal Crown Derby Posies pattern tea wares, together with Masons coffee pot and ginger jar, and other collectables, in three boxes

SOLD £25

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 281

9ct gold Masonic compass initial C pendant, and a Victorian silver sweetheart brooch, commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

SOLD £70