Manfred Schotten Antiques Furniture

Three Piece Curling Desk Set. A nice collection of three miniature desk top granite curling stones. Two are paperweights complete with handles and the third is a pen holder. A great ...

Antique Caddie Golf Bag, George Bussey Automaton Caddie. A wonderful example of an early auto caddy by George Bussey. This is a rare find indeed as very few of these bags have survived, and they are difficult to obtain. The caddie has a boxwood carry handle and the main body of the caddie is made of mahogany. The boxwood handle is attached to the oak legs via metal rods and a brass mechanism. With this clever design the legs will open out automatically when the lower end is placed on the ground, they will then fold back in when lifted up. The canvas & leather bag for golf balls and the half pencil bag to the bottom of the stand are the original bags (flap is a replacement). The caddie stand is stamped with Bussey's name on the brass mechanism, and on both legs. There is a brass embossed trade label "Geo. Bussey & Co., London (with the Bussey arrow logo)' pinned onto the caddie bag...

Royal County Down Golf Course. A framed and mounted Life Association of Scotland 1914 calendar. The calendar is with a wonderful colourful golfing picture ...

Got Yer You Old Badmash! By Snaffles, Pig Sticking. A fine signed Snaffles Pigsticking lithograph titled 'Got Yer You Old Badmash!'. This picture depicts a rider spearing a pig from ...

Unnamed Mesh Pattern Gutty Golf Ball. A moulded solid square mesh patterned gutta percha golf ball in used condition. The 1890's Gutty ball still has the lots of the original white p...

Dutch Delft Golf Tile. An early framed Dutch delft brown and white golf tile - hand painted with a scene depicting a golfer. The brown image is on an off white background with corner...

High Quality Plated Firedogs, Andirons, Chenets. A pair of elegant, tall classical style fire dogs, andirons, with tumbling floral decoration and topped urn finials, the front legs w...

Harefield Harriers, 'The Meet At The Hare And Hounds'. A fine print by Cecil Aldin from The Harefield Harriers, The Meet At The Hare And Hounds. This early humorous fox hunting chrom...

Michael Brown Life Association Golf Photogravure, Surviving Amateur Champions. A golf photogravure after Michael Brown: Surviving Amateur Champions at Hoylake, from his famous series...

Taxidermy, Preserved Fish, Cased Bream. A cased bream by Frederick William Anstiss (1864 - 1936) in a nice bow fronted case with gilt lines. The case contains a cleverly modelled br...

Oversized Tennis Racket. An unusual oversized wooden lawn tennis racket, shop display or racket advertising. There are no sponsor decals on th...

Victorian Novelty Golf Silver Plated Inkwell. A fine quality plated golf inkwell with rectangular base raised on four ball feet. There is a singl...

Oil painting Of Rissersee, Germany. A very scenic oil painting of Rissersee, a lake in Grainau near Garmisch - Partenkirchen, surrounded by the Bavarian Alps. Painted by the German ...

Set Of Four Pig Sticking Lithographs. A very good, framed set of four pictures of an old and rare subject 'Pig Sticking'. The rare pictures are after Alb...

Wooden Lawn Tennis Racket, WONDER A nice ash frame lawn tennis racket with unusual long and narrow shape head, with convex walnut wedge. The wedge ...

1990's Arthur Weaver Oval Cricket Ground Print, England v West Indies. A colourful cricket lithograph signed by the artist, Arthur Weaver, of the 'Final Test' at The Oval Cricket Gr...

Collection of Original Artwork by Arthur Weaver. A large collection of original artwork for the Morton & John Olman book "St. Andrews & Golf". It includes the concept for the dust c...

Oak ball stands. Modern wooden ball stands, ideal for rugby or football balls. The rugby ball can be displayed standing up or on its side. A great way to display your prized balls. The price shown is for the stand only...

Golf watercolour painting by Charles Ambrose Of British Politician Arthur Balfour. Original watercolor en grisaille on board of Arthur Balfour in golfing attire, by Charles Ambrose....

Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cooler. A superb quality Regency mahogany wine cooler, champagne cooler of sarcophagus form with a cavetto moulded hinged top lid, opening to revea...

Baines Golfing trade card, Swindon. A rare circular golf trade card in the shape of a bramble golf ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Baines football trade card, Rochdale. Well Centred. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards but eventually covered scores of different sports, from golf, cricket, tennis to horse racing and bowls, and just about any kind of sporting affiliations in just about every city, town and village in the UK. The cards were promoted in various prize competitions like finding certain "medal cards", collection a certain amount of empty packets. One could always submit a mini essay on sport with the winner having their writing printed on the backs of the cards. Hence why the backs are so varied and different. The baines card offered for sale is printed in a yellow tone with a picture of a young boy playing football, 'The Village Champion', to the front with the words 'Well Centred, Rochdale'. To the reverse 'BAINES' gold medal football cards, We guarantee to give every week during our three months' Competition, 50 Jerseys, Shirts or Sweaters. Boys are requested to carefully read show bills...

Baines Football Trade Card, Newcastle. Well Centred. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Baines football trade card, barrow. Play up. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Bain...

Baines football trade card, Knottingley road walk. Well played. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards but eventually covered scores of different sports, from golf, cricket, tennis to horse racing and bowls, and just about any kind of sporting affiliations in just about every city, town and village in the UK. The cards were promoted in various prize competitions like finding certain "medal cards", collection a certain amount of empty packets. One could always submit a mini essay on sport with the winner having their writing printed on the backs of the cards. Hence why the backs are so varied and different. The Baines card offered for sale is printed in a red tone with a picture of two football players, one on the ground having just tried to tackle his opponent, to the front with the words 'Well Played, Knottingley Road Walk'. To the reverse 'BAINES' Gold Medal Football Cards, We Guarantee to give every week during our three months' Competition, 50 Jerseys, Shirts or Sweaters. Boys are requested to CAREFULLY READ SHOW BILLS...

Baines Football trade card, Brotherton. Well Centred. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Bai...

Baines football trade card, yeadon green lane. Well played. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Baines football trade card, bare. Well dribbled. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Baines football trade card, Dolphin Holme. Play The Game. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John...

Baines football trade card, Yorkshire Amateurs play up. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John B...

Baines football trade card, Hunslet Celtic, Play The Game. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Baines football trade card, Adel Training School, Play Up. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Baines football trade card, Brotherton, Well Centred. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Bai...

Baines football trade card, South Liverpool. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Bain...

Baines football trade card, Third Lanark. A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines ...

Baines Golfing trade card, Swindon. A rare circular golf trade card in the shape of a bramble golf ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...

Thomas Blinks Photogravure, waiting for the guns. A wonderful titled color photogravure of four hunting dogs, setters, after Thomas Blinks original painting, waiting for the guns. Framed and mounted in a modern wooden frame with gold slip. Publication details printed in the bottom boarder 'painted by Thomas Blinks, London Published 1895 by Arthur Tooth & Sons, 5 & 6. Haymarket, S.W. copyright registered by the British Art Publishers Union Limited. New York & Mess'' Stiefbold & Co. Berlin'. Thomas Blinks was born in 1860 and was regarded as one of the best sporting artists of his generation, the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Painting from life and largely self-taught, Blinks was a leading animal and sporting painter specializing in painting hunting scenes and was considered one of the best Victorian painters...

Mashie-Niblick golf club by Gibson of Kinghorn. A good Mashie-Niblick iron (Smith's model) made by Gibson of Kinghorn with a hickory shaft and suede leather grip. The head with hand...

Pair of carved 19th century continental chairs. A lovely pair of upholstered Arts & Crafts hall chairs, the carved walnut frames with crisp details...

Antique oak sideboard. A superb early 19th century antique welsh oak dresser base, sideboard. The dresser base with three drawers over two c...

Arts & Crafts brass chandelier. Edwardian Arts & Crafts elaborate brass six branch electrolier ceiling light. The Chandelier compromising of a large 66 cm brass band with six hanging light fittings, the fittings with the six original glass shades. The light with brass ceiling rose with hook, three ornamental brass bars hang from this and attach to a brass band. Six more...

Royal Doulton Series Ware Golf jug. Royal Doulton jug with polychrome golf scene and the proverb, "Give Losers Leave To Speak And Winners To Laugh", designed by Charles Crombie...

Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse, Lonsdale Library Book. One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse. The book with over ninety illustrations, the first is of The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale on 'Marble'. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric Parker...

Hounds & Dogs, Lonsdale Library Book. One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Hounds & Dogs, their care, training & working. The book with over one hundred illustrations. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric...

A large late Victorian first edition veterinarian book "Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art" edited by W.J. Miles and published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London. A very rare, sought after and important publication illustrated with numerous finely executed anatomical and other engravings, possessing high value on the score of utility as well as of ornament, many of which are executed in colour. Not ex-library. Well over five hundred pages, 47 full-page-plates in black and white and colour (all original lithographs and colourful chromolithograph plates) also several illustrations within the text. Large format hardback book, leather corners and spine, gilt title to spine 'Modern Farriery', all page edges marbled. Internally it is very clean and bright, cover rather worn, cloth cover to the rear with tear. Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art, as at present, Practised at The Royal veterinary College, London. A complete guide to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses - breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming - how to buy...

Elm low boy. A good quality elm lowboy, side table. The rectangular top with round corners and edged moulding. One central drawer with cockbeading and two brass drop ring handles. T...

Craigmillar Park Golf Club Watercolour, John Blair. An atmospheric original watercolour of Craigmillar Park Golf Links in Edinburgh by the Scottish artist John Blair (1849-1934). Craigmillar Castle from which the club derives its name from is clearly seen in the background and the painting is signed to the lower left corner. Craigmillar Castle was a haunt of Mary Queen of Scots, the world's first recorded lady golfer. How ironic then, that since the golf club's inception equality of the sexes was the rule at Craigmillar Park. John Blair was a Scottish painter, predominantly of watercolour landscapes. Of humble beginnings in Berwickshire, he moved to Edinburgh to study and spent the rest of his life there. His paintings mainly reflect the landscapes around him, both of urban settings and also of the castles, sea and lochs of the Borders. As well as his original work, his paintings were viewed by a wide audience in the form of picture postcards, book endpapers and illustrations. Taken from Craigmillar Park Golf Club website:- Craigmillar Park Golf Club was constituted in 1895 and moved to its present location in 1907. It was extended to 18 holes (designed by James Braid) in 1927. On 12th of January 1895 the Scotsman newspaper carried the following "birth" announcement : "NEW GOLF COURSE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF EDINBURGH. A nine-hole golf course is being formed at Craigmillar Park and is expected to be ready for play in February. A lease of the ground which extends from Crawfurd Road to Lady Road has been obtained from Captain Gordon Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar. The principal entrance will be from Crawfurd Road within three minutes' walk of the Craigmillar Park car terminus and Newington Suburban Station. The course is about a mile in length and has been laid out by Mr. Day of Musselburgh, who has given a very favourable report of the suitability of the ground for the purpose. Already about 150 ladies and gentlemen have been admitted as members of the club." Many, perhaps most, of the new clubs created about the same time as Craigmillar Park were (and some continue) as male preserves. It is clear that from the outset equality of the sexes was the rule at Craigmillar Park, although it was not until 1914 that the subscriptions were equalised. The course was situated in an area of land close to Newington Railway Station and the Newington Bus and Tram Terminus and was thus, easily accessible. In those days there was very little building development between the course and the iconic Craigmillar Castle from which the club derives its name. The castle was a haunt of Mary Queen of Scots, the world's first recorded lady golfer. How ironic then, that since the golf club's inception, ladies have had equal status with men and there was no gender barrier to any office. This was in an age when golf clubs were regarded as male preserves. In 1914, ladies started paying exactly the same subscription as their male counterparts and this has remained right up to the present day. When you consider that all women did not get the vote until 1928, Craigmillar Park Golf Club were indeed trendsetters! Despite the club's early success, with 400 members and a waiting list, they were dealt a blow when their course at Newington was taken over for housing development. They decided, rather than to disband, to relocate the golf course to the eastern slopes of the Blackford Hill in 1907. Once again the close proximity of Blackford Railway Station and Bus Terminus were factors in their decision making. Another factor in choosing Blackford Hill was the potential for increasing the length of the 9 holes that had been played for in the course at Newington and possibly even converting the new course to 18 holes at some future date. This is in fact what happened and James Braid designed a splendid 18 hole course which officially opened in 1927. The new course was a real test of golf with no two holes being the same. The course boasts marvellous views over Edinburgh and Fife and down the coast to the Berwick Law, Bass Rock...

Victorian Sporting Clay Tobacco Pipe. An early embossed Football & Rugby clay pipe. The large bowl decorated in relief with three football players on one side and three rugby players...

Vintage Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses. A very good pair of aviator sunglasses, the frames are engraved on the bottom of the nose bar with 'Shuron, FUL-VUE...

Pair of Chippendale style Mahogany dinning chairs. A pair of very good quality early 19th century mahogany dinning chairs in the Chippendale style. The chairs with intricate carved ...

Big Game Taxidermy, Impala Shoulder Mount. This prepared game trophy shoulder mount is of an Impala, it may not be antique but it is an impressive piec...

Vintage small cartridge magazine case. A fine compact shooting cartridge magazine case. The high quality cartridge case with wooden carcass covered in ...

Vintage Rimless Aviator, Pilot sunglasses. A very good pair of rimless eye glasses by the American Optical Company (AO). The frames are engra...

California Polo Etching. A wonderful dry-point etching of Polo in America by American artist Reinhold H. Palenske (1884-1953). Inscribed and signed by th...

Vintage canvas brady cartridge bag. A good quality small 'Brady' canvas cartridge bag by Brady, Halesowen. The bag is in good usable condition with bras...

Bilston Golf Club Watercolour, H.E. Lewis Driving. A charming golf watercolour of H. Lewis (the club professional at Bilston Golf Club) driving from th...

Rare Novelty Cricket Inkwell. A wonderful leather covered traveling inkwell in the shape of a cricket ball. This is a very desirable, rare and unusual obj...

Rare Novelty Cricket Inkwell. A wonderful leather covered traveling inkwell in the shape of a cricket ball. This is a very desirable, rare and unusual ob...

Augusta National Golf Club, US Masters 1988 Tournament Badge. A pre-owned 1988 US Masters Golf Tournament spectators badge. The eventual winner ...

Rare Golf / Cricket Bakelite Vesta Case. A rare Victorian vesta case, match safe with striker. The case made in the style of a book with embossed golf and...