An original oil painting of a traditional English forge. A blacksmith bends over to shoe a sturdy grey horse, the fire glowing behind him, with an anvil and tools in the foreground and a thatched cottage glimpsed through the open doorway. It is signed J.C. for Jo Crayston, whose signed oil-on-board works typically date to the 1970s. It has a gilt inner frame with a neutral woven mount, and the framed picture measures 29 x 34cm. A good fit for a cottagecore or farmhouse-style room.

Vintage, 1970s. Painted in England.

By the 1970s tractors and cars had largely replaced working horses, so village forges like this were already fading into nostalgia.

Good condition with only minor wear consistent with age, and no damage to the paint surface.

An original oil painting by George Spence of an autumn landscape in Fife, Scotland, signed by the artist. Frame 66 x 57cm.

Fife is still known as 'the Kingdom of Fife', a title dating back to when it was home to the Pictish kingdom of Fib.

Good condition with minor wear.

Scottish, 1980s. Warm autumn colours for a cosy sitting room or study.

A large original oil painting by Joe Nouyer, a British artist whose work has appeared at auction houses including Bonhams. This piece depicts an Alpine scene, with jagged snow-capped peaks rising above a traditional wooden chalet tucked among autumn-coloured trees, built up with thick palette-knife work that gives real texture and depth throughout. Signed lower right. Canvas measures approximately 92 x 52cm, held in a cream linen-effect frame.

Good condition overall with just light age-related wear to the frame; the canvas itself is clean and stable with no tears or losses. Nouyer's work turns up at auction fairly rarely, with past sales including a leopard study at Bonhams and a horse scene at a US saleroom, so this alpine subject is a nice addition to that spread.

An original oil painting by the English artist Jo Crayston, signed and dated 1970 in black to the lower left. Tall beech trees in golden autumn leaf line a stream that winds out toward distant purple hills, with a rustic fence across the middle distance. The painting measures approximately 50 x 40cm, in a cream and gilt frame with a green slip. A cottagecore, farmhouse-style autumn landscape for a hallway or sitting room.

Beech leaves turn gold and copper rather than brown, which is why English landscape painters have returned to beech woods every autumn.

Good condition with minor wear consistent with age.

An original oil painting on board by the English artist Jo Crayston, from the 1970s. A group of tall trees stand along a riverbank, with a red barn in the distance and a yellow cottage framed by blossoming apple trees under a soft spring sky. Signed Jo Crayston to the lower right. The painting measures approximately 50 x 35cm, in a gilt frame with a black and white patterned slip. A pleasing cottagecore, farmhouse-style spring landscape.

Painting in oils on board rather than canvas was a common, more affordable choice at the time, and it has held up well.

Good condition with minor wear consistent with age, including some fine craquelure to the paint surface.

An original watercolour landscape signed by David Walsby, the local Lancaster artist, framed and mounted. 55 x 46cm.

David Walsby painted the countryside around Lancaster and the Lune Valley, and his work turns up mainly in local homes and salerooms.

Some age toning and light foxing to the paper, and minor frame wear; please see the photos.

English, late 20th century. A soft, gentle landscape for a cottagecore sitting room.

A calm lake scene with sailing boats out on the water, mountains rising behind and a little red-roofed cottage tucked among the trees. Oil on canvas, signed 'Barrett' lower right (not me!), in a decorative gilt frame with a scroll and shell border. Framed size 87 x 47cm.

Palette-knife work like this builds up thick ridges of paint that catch the light differently depending on the angle you view it from.

Good condition, just minor age-related wear.

Vintage. A peaceful piece for above a sofa or fireplace, with a bit of Hollywood Regency glamour from the frame.

An original landscape painting of Castle Hill, Huddersfield, signed by Jack T. Duffill. Frame 65 x 74cm.

Castle Hill's Victoria Tower was built in 1897-99 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and the hill itself has been occupied since the Iron Age.

Good condition with minor wear.

English. A great piece for anyone with a soft spot for Yorkshire.

A joyful burst of springtime by Jo Crayston - daffodils, tulips and pansies arranged with forget-me-nots, primulas and delicate stems against a soft sage-green ground. Oil on canvas board, signed Jo Crayston lower right. 40.5 x 30.5cm.

The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, traditionally worn on St David's Day, the first of March.

Good condition with minor wear consistent with age; the yellows and pinks are still bright, with no cracks.

Painted in England in the 1970s. A cheerful cottagecore piece for a kitchen or sunny hallway.

A softly painted half-timbered thatched cottage scene, complete with a duck pond, brick footbridge and a pair of mallards. Oil on canvas, signed D. Prior lower left. Framed size approximately 64 x 50cm.

The backing board carries an old handwritten label about New Alresford in Hampshire, noting that cloth from the town was once thickened at the local fulling mill - a nice bit of wool trade history on the back.

Condition is good with just minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Mid-to-late 20th century, English. A natural fit for a cottagecore or farmhouse-style room.

A pretty still life by Jo Crayston: deep red roses with delicate purple campanula-like flowers and pale yellow accents against a soft green ground. Oil on canvas board, signed Jo Crayston lower left. 40.5 x 30.5cm.

Red roses have stood for love since at least Roman times, when they were linked with Venus, the goddess of love.

Good condition with minor wear; the surface is clean with no chips or cracks.

Painted in England in the 1970s. A lovely grandmillennial piece for a bedroom or sitting room.

An original watercolour of two dogs by the water, signed Hayden Julian and dated 1993. Frame 60 x 51cm.

Dogs have been painted beside water since the Victorian sporting artists made 'gun dog by the river' one of the most popular subjects of the age.

Good condition with minor wear.

1993. A lovely piece for a dog lover's cottage or boot room.

A peaceful countryside scene - a stream winding through wildflower meadow towards misty hills, with sheep grazing beyond a screen of autumn trees. Signed 'C. Wilder' lower left, in a burgundy and gold frame with glass, framed size 100 x 70cm.

The gallery's old compliments slip is still stuck to the back, and its '081' phone number pins the framing to a narrow window between 1990 and 1995, just before London's dialling codes changed again.

Good condition, minor wear only.

Charming original watercolour of Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon, signed and dated A.D. Bell 1950.

A beautifully executed period watercolour depicting the famous Shakespearean landmark surrounded by colourful cottage garden flowers. Presented in an attractive rustic pine frame with mount.

A lovely piece for collectors of British watercolours, Shakespeare memorabilia, or traditional country cottage artwork.

Original watercolour

Signed A.D. Bell

Dated 1950

Subject: Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Framed size: 64 x 53 cm

Good vintage condition, with some age staining to the backing paper on the reverse

A moody seascape by Jo Crayston: a solitary lighthouse stands tall against a dramatic purple and lavender sky, its beam cutting through the gloom, with white-capped waves crashing on the rocks below. Oil on a Rowney canvas panel. 40.5 x 30.5cm, portrait.

George Rowney & Co, the London artists' suppliers who made the canvas panel, was founded in 1783 and is still going today as Daler-Rowney.

Good condition with minor wear; the paint surface is intact with no cracks, and the colours have kept their depth.

Painted in England in the 1970s. A striking coastal piece for a hallway or a seaside-style room.

An original watercolour on paper by David Walsby, signed in the lower right corner. A winding country road runs between wooded hills and conifers under a pale blue sky. It has a cream mount and a dark wood frame with a Lancaster framer's label on the back. A good fit for a cottagecore or farmhouse-style room.

Vintage, probably late 20th century. The frame measures 40 x 36cm.

Watercolour is painted in thin transparent washes, which is why distant hills in a picture like this seem to glow.

Good condition, with only minor wear to the frame.

An original oil painting on Daler board by Jo Crayston, signed J. Crayston - a charming riverside boat-building scene with figures, boats, trees and water in a peaceful countryside setting. In a wooden frame.

Daler board was launched in Britain in the 1940s as a ready-made painting surface, and quickly became a favourite with amateur and professional painters alike.

Good condition with just minor wear.

Painted in England. A lovely decorative piece for a cottage, study or hallway, with a gentle 70s back-to-nature feel.

A charming country mill scene by Jo Crayston: a brick-built millhouse with a big water wheel, the stream running past green banks and flowering grasses, with a tree on the left and a gate on the right framing the mill. Oil on a Rowney canvas panel, signed J. Crayston lower left. 40.5 x 30.5cm.

George Rowney & Co, the London artists' suppliers who made the canvas panel, was founded in 1783 and is still going today as Daler-Rowney.

Good condition with minor wear, no cracks or significant damage.

Painted in England in the 1970s. A gentle farmhouse-style piece with a real 70s back-to-nature feel.

An original watercolour of a wide open view, looking out from a grassy hillside with a windblown tree, across fields and a lake towards a double-peaked hill under a soft pink and blue sky. Signed J. Higgins lower right, with a second, fainter signature lower left. In a cream mount with a thin gold slip, in a wood-effect frame, 49 x 64cm.

The speckled texture in the sky is called granulation, which happens when heavier pigments like ultramarine settle into the dips of the paper as the wash dries.

In good condition with minor wear: a few small white flecks where the paper surface has lifted, and a faint vertical scuff line near the right-hand signature.

Vintage, late 20th century. A peaceful piece for a farmhouse-style or grandmillennial room.

An original oil painting by George Spence of a landscape near Perth, Scotland, signed by the artist. Frame 40 x 48cm.

Perth was once known as 'the Fair City' and was Scotland's capital in all but name for much of the Middle Ages.

Good condition with minor wear.

Scottish, 1980s. A lovely traditional landscape for a cosy sitting room or study.

A serene mountain view by Jo Crayston: snow-capped peaks rise behind a dense forest of dark conifers, with a river running through the valley below. Soft blues and purples in the distant mountains contrast with the rich greens of the foreground - it has the feel of the Canadian Rockies or similar alpine scenery. Oil on board, 40.5 x 30.5cm.

Painting on board rather than canvas was popular with amateur and professional painters alike from the 1950s on - it's rigid, cheap and doesn't sag.

Good condition with minor wear; the surface is clean and sound.

English, 1970s. A peaceful 70s back-to-nature piece for a study or cabin-style room.

A softly painted country scene of a boy leaning over a stable door, smiling down at his liver and white spaniel as it looks up with its tongue out. Signed Marvin Grayson to the lower corner. Oil on canvas, 58 x 70cm, supplied unframed and unstretched, so it can be stretched or framed to suit. A grandmillennial, country house sort of picture.

The word spaniel comes from the Old French for Spanish dog, a nod to the country these gundogs were thought to have come from.

Good condition overall, with a fine paint crack near the boy's hair and a few gentle fold lines from storage.

A lovely little watercolour of Ye Horns Inn at Goosnargh, near Preston - the black-and-white pub above its stone wall, lilac tumbling over the top and the lane curving away past the gable end. Signed S. Gray and dated 1997. Mounted and glazed in a mahogany-effect frame with a gilt slip, 39 x 47cm overall.

Ye Horns started life as a coaching inn in 1782.

Good condition with only minor wear; a few knocks and a small loss to the finish along one edge of the frame.

Painted in 1997, in England. A proper bit of Lancashire for the wall, with a cottagecore feel to it.

An original watercolour on paper by David Walsby, signed in the lower right corner. A wooden bench sits under a mature tree beside calm water, with reflections and soft green woodland beyond. It has a cream mount and a dark wood frame with a Lancaster framer's label on the back. A good fit for a cottagecore or farmhouse-style room.

Vintage, probably late 20th century. The frame measures 38 x 45cm.

Watercolour has long been a favourite with British landscape painters because its thin washes catch changing light so well.

Good condition, with only minor wear to the frame.

A cottagecore-style original painting of two much-loved teddy bears sharing a book, one in little round spectacles, with a sleeping kitten curled up beside them on a frilled cushion and a yellow floral quilt. A painted banner at the bottom reads "Love From Brett", a lovely personal touch. Signed "J Joy" lower left. Painted in thick, textured brushwork on Daler-Rowney watercolour board, set in a circular cream mount with a dark wood frame and gold slip. A grandmillennial little picture that would suit a nursery, a reading corner or a teddy bear collection.

Size: 31 x 31cm including the frame. Age: vintage, late 20th century. The board is Daler-Rowney Bockingford, made in Bracknell, England.

The teddy bear takes its name from US President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, after a 1902 hunting trip that inspired a famous newspaper cartoon.

Good condition with minor wear. The paint is sound, and there is some light spotting to the mount. The back has masking tape and a partly torn paper label from the backing board.

An original oil portrait of Sam, a handsome black-and-tan collie cross, signed by the artist Phil Clark and dated 1999. Oil on canvas board in a plain waxed wood frame, 33 x 43cm, with the original framer's label from Faire Frame of Andover on the back.

The dog's name lettered in the opposite corner to the signature is the traditional mark of a commissioned portrait - it's how the painter recorded whose dog it was.

Condition is good with only minor wear, no damage to the canvas or the frame.

Painted in England in 1999. Warm and full of character, just right for an English country house or farmhouse-style look.

A statuesque oil painting of a tiger standing watchful in golden grassland beneath a pale sky, with fine white-brushed stripes across its chest and cheeks. Signed 'Rex' lower right, in the style of mid-to-late 20th century decorative studio oils. Unframed and unstretched, approximately 40 x 48cm.

No two tigers share exactly the same stripe pattern - it's as individual as a fingerprint.

Raw canvas edges and a little gentle creasing from storage, but no chips, cracks or tears to the paint.

Mid-to-late 20th century. A bold piece for a study or an eclectic expat aunt wall once stretched or framed.

Naive vintage oil painting on board/canvas depicting a peaceful countryside scene with a horse-drawn cart, stone bridge, cottage, and riverside setting. The painting is housed in an attractive decorative gilt-effect frame. Measures 50cm x 36cm. The artwork appears to be signed and dated '74 in the lower right corner.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

An original watercolour, "Ryedale Spring Time", by Edw. Fuller of Pickering - pale green fields falling away to drystone walls, a farmstead under the hills and sheep dotted through the pasture. Signed Fuller lower right and titled on the back. Slim gilt frame with a cream mount, 40 x 50cm.

The great Ryedale abbeys, Rievaulx and Byland, ran enormous flocks over fields like these and grew rich selling the wool on to Italian merchants.

Good condition with only minor wear - gentle toning to the mount and light marks to the gilt frame.

Painted in Yorkshire, England, c.1970s-80s. A lovely farmcore wall piece, and there's a companion watercolour, "Ryedale Harvest Time", by the same hand listed separately - they'd hang beautifully as a pair.

A charming original botanical watercolour of wildflowers with trailing convolvulus, finely painted with a light, natural touch and monogrammed by the artist. Mounted and glazed, 42 x 37cm overall.

Convolvulus gets its name from the Latin convolvere, "to entwine", after the way its stems twist around other plants.

Good condition with just minor wear.

Mid-to-late 20th century, c.1960s-80s. A lovely cottagecore or botanical piece for a kitchen, hallway or bedroom.

A soft pastel still life on paper of fruit and vegetables scattered across a warm grey-brown ground - a carrot, cabbage, sliced tomatoes, an aubergine, an orange, a garlic bulb, a lime, shallots, an apple and a pepper, each with a soft chalky texture and visible paper grain. Signed "M.C.P." in pencil lower left. Green-edged mount, glazed, in a plain wooden frame; 55 x 44cm overall.

Soft pastel is about as direct as painting gets - colour goes straight from stick to paper with no brush, water or oil in between, which is why the tones stay so fresh.

Good condition with only minor wear; no damage to frame, glass or mount.

Vintage. A cheerful farmhouse-style kitchen or dining room piece.

A softly detailed cottage garden scene, hand-painted and signed 'Glynis' in the lower corner. The composition shows a tiled garden building framed by rhododendrons, with borders of iris, phlox and daisies leading across a neat lawn. Presented in a cream card double mount with a delicate hand-drawn border in blue, mauve and yellow pencil, ready for framing. Overall mount size is 21 x 29.5cm, and the piece is in good condition with only minor wear, colours bright and unfaded throughout.

Cottage garden scenes like this have been a favourite subject for British amateur and professional painters alike since the Victorian era, prized for capturing an idealised vision of English country life. Pieces signed with just a first name, as here, are typical of the many talented local artists whose work rarely makes the history books but still finds admirers today.

Painted on real papyrus - Tutankhamun seated on his throne with Queen Ankhesenamun anointing him beneath the rays of the sun disc, the scene taken from the back of the boy king's golden throne. Deep black ground with red, turquoise and gilt detail, signed by the artist lower left. On a deep red mount in a slim gilt frame, glazed. Frame 38cm.

Papyrus making had died out in Egypt for centuries until Dr Hassan Ragab tracked the plant down in Sudan and reopened a workshop in Cairo in the 1960s.

Good condition with just minor wear and a little light rubbing to the gilt moulding.

Made in Egypt, 1970s-80s. A lovely grand tour piece for a hallway or study.

A hand-painted original oil showing a pair of stone cottages down a frosty country lane, a bare tree catching the last of the winter light, and a tumbledown fence half-hidden in the hedge. The soft, hazy brushwork gives the whole scene a quiet, wintry atmosphere. Signed D. Lucas to the lower left corner.

Framed size approximately 36 x 32cm, set within a wood-effect frame with a blue-grey mount and a fine gilt slip. Good condition with minor wear consistent with age, no chips or cracks. Cosy stone cottage scenes like this were a favourite subject for decorative painters throughout the 20th century, often inspired by rural France rather than painted on location.

A pretty antique watercolour of a rural cottage scene - a thatched farmstead framed by trees, with a figure out on the path. Signed E. Hamilton in the corner, in its original stepped card mount and gilt frame, glazed. Sight size about 19 x 13.5cm, frame 33.5 x 29cm.

The cosy English cottage was one of the best-loved subjects of the Victorian era, as sketching tours raced to capture "olde England" before it changed for good.

Good condition, just minor wear.

Victorian, 19th century, English. One of a set of four cottage scenes by the same hand, each listed separately - lovely as a cottagecore group.

A detailed watercolour study of a weathered stone wall and old wooden steps in Whitby, painted by Harrogate artist John Belderson and titled 'Old Whitby Wall' on his own studio label on the back. Soft washes build up the texture of the stone, with a scatter of wildflowers picking their way through the cracks.

Signed and dated lower right - the final digit is faint but appears to read 1998. In a sage-green washed frame with a double mount, glazed. The frame measures 57 x 76cm.

Whitby's old town is threaded with around a hundred historic 'yards' - narrow passageways and outdoor stone stairways that still connect its different levels today.

Good condition, with just light general wear to the frame.

An original watercolour of the wild moorland and mountains of Achill Island, County Mayo, under a broad, cloud-filled sky washed in soft blues and golds over the peat-brown foreground. Signed I.A. Brown lower right; the back is inscribed in pencil "Achill Island (The Rat - Croaghaun) Co. Mayo". Framed and glazed, 42 x 52.5cm overall.

Croaghaun's cliffs are the third-highest sea cliffs in Europe, beaten only by Hornelen in Norway and Cape Enniberg in the Faroes.

Good condition with only minor wear.

Vintage. A lovely piece for anyone with Irish roots or a love of wild west-coast scenery.

An original watercolour and ink painting titled 'Porthmadog', by the Anglesey artist Alan Kirkpatrick. The scene shows a three-masted schooner, named Dorothy and registered at Caernarfon, moored at the quayside with dockworkers unloading timber, hills rising in the distance beyond the harbour. Signed by the artist, with his own printed label to the reverse confirming the title. Presented in a wood frame with gilt slip, glazed and wire-fitted for hanging, overall framed size 69 x 57cm.

Kirkpatrick spent much of his career as an engineer, eventually managing Wylfa nuclear power station on Anglesey, before retiring in 1989 to paint full time - his detailed, well-researched maritime scenes went on to be exhibited widely across Wales, with examples held at Oriel Môn. Porthmadog itself was once one of Wales's busiest slate ports, its harbour thick with three-masted schooners exporting roofing slate worldwide through the 19th century, a scene this painting captures with real attention to detail.

Good condition with only minor age-related wear to the frame.

An antique oil painting signed A. Buckley and dated 1893 - a quiet countryside scene with a river running over rocks, a stone bridge, a farmhouse, tall trees and cattle grazing in the fields. Painted in a naive style with plenty of period character.

Presented in a gilt frame. Measures 53 x 40cm.

A late Victorian original for a country cottage, farmhouse or anyone who collects British naive art.

Good antique condition with age-related wear consistent with its age.

An original oil painted onto a jointed wooden panel - a deer pausing at the edge of a still pool, deep green woodland closing in behind and a little light breaking through the canopy. Beautifully moody and tonal, a proper dark academia piece. Dates to around 1900.

Landseer's Monarch of the Glen made deer the must-have subject for Victorian parlours, and painters were still meeting the demand half a century later.

Condition is good for its age with honest wear: there's an old split running down the board joint through the middle of the picture, a scattering of small paint losses, and some old filler showing on the reverse. The frame has been painted gold at some point. Hanging rings already fitted.

An antique original watercolour of a whitewashed thatched cottage, tucked behind a garden full of flowers and autumn shrubs, with a little black dog trotting down the lane and a stream and wooden gate in the foreground. Signed and dated "C.S. Hill 1914" lower right, so it was painted in the last summer before the First World War. In a cream and grey double mount with a fine wash line, glazed, in a gilt wooden moulding, with a framer's label from Framework, Harrogate on the back. English school. Frame size 40 x 36cm.

Thatched cottages were one of the best-loved subjects of Edwardian watercolour, made famous by Helen Allingham, whose cottage paintings were reproduced in books and on postcards across the country.

Condition is good for its age, with clean, bright colours and just minor wear to the frame.

Painted in England, 1914. The soft cottage garden colours suit a cottagecore or grandmillennial wall.

A really atmospheric antique watercolour, signed and dated "W. Baker 1911" lower left. A ruined castle tower stands on a rocky headland among tall Scots pines, with a little sailing boat and its crew drifting past on still water. Misty blue mountains fill the distance, and there are more sails further up the loch and reeds in the foreground. The palette is soft and calm, very much of its Edwardian time.

It's presented in a cream mount with fine ruled wash lines, inside a gilt moulding. It measures 70 x 54cm in the frame. Painted in Britain.

Scots pine is Britain's only native pine, and its flat-topped silhouette became the shorthand for Highland scenery in Victorian and Edwardian painting.

It's in good antique condition with minor wear, and the colours are still fresh. There are a couple of tiny marks on the mount and light rubbing to the frame, in keeping with its age.

It would sit well in an old-world or grandmillennial room, a study or a cosy hallway.

A lovely ink and watercolour of Baildon Moors by the Yorkshire artist Jean E. Barker, signed and titled "Baildon Moors" on the mount. Snow-covered stone cottages sit beneath bare winter trees, with warm lamplight glowing in the windows against a soft grey sky. The artist's own label is on the back. In its original black frame and mount, glazed, 26 x 33cm overall.

Baildon Moor above the village is scattered with Bronze Age cup-and-ring marked stones, among the best-preserved examples of prehistoric rock art in Yorkshire.

Good condition, with just light age wear to the frame edges.

Painted in Yorkshire, England, mid-20th century. A cosy winter scene with a real cozy auntie feel.

A finely detailed original marine watercolour by Paul McAvilley, showing the Royal Navy man-of-war Ajax under sail and flying the white ensign, with the fleet around her and a small sailing boat crossing in the foreground. The rigging, gun ports and stern gallery are all picked out in fine pen work against soft washes of sky and sea. Signed lower right. Double mounted in cream with a dark inner line, glazed, in a silver-grey limed moulding, professionally framed by The Picture Shop, Chorley (label dated May 2008). Size in frame 57 x 48cm.

The 74-gun HMS Ajax of 1798 sailed seventh in Nelson's column at Trafalgar, commanded on the day by her first lieutenant, because her captain had been called away as a witness at a court martial.

In good condition with minor wear, just a little light rubbing to the frame edges and a couple of small old price stickers on the backboard.

Painted in England before May 2008, depicting the Napoleonic era. A great piece for a study or nautical-themed room, with an old-world, dark academia feel.

A peaceful watercolour landscape by Keli Clark, a well-known Edinburgh and East Lothian artist, showing rolling Scottish farmland under a wide, cloud-filled sky, with a distant church and treeline anchoring a field of ripened gold.

Presented in a gilt wood frame under glass, with the artist's own studio label on the backing board. Framed size approximately 35 x 40cm.

Clark is self-taught and her original paintings have gone on to be held in private collections in more than twenty countries around the world.

Good condition with minor wear consistent with age, including some light spotting to the card mount.

A pretty antique watercolour by E. Hamilton, one of a set of English village scenes - this one shows a whitewashed thatched cottage with a colourful garden beside a church, its spire rising behind and birds scattered across a soft sky. Signed, in a stepped card mount within a gilt frame, glazed. The painting measures about 19 x 13.5cm, framed to around 33.5 x 29cm.

E. Hamilton's cottage and village scenes have sold through UK auction houses for decades, from small regional salerooms to established fine art rooms.

Good condition with just minor wear consistent with its age.

Victorian, 19th century, English. Others from the same set are listed separately - lovely hung together as a cottagecore group.

An original watercolour, "Ryedale Harvest Time", by Edw. Fuller of Pickering - pale gold stubble fields, a hedge line and drystone wall running down the middle distance, and a great soft wash of a Yorkshire sky over the top half. Signed Fuller lower right and titled on the back. Slim gilt frame with a cream mount, 40 x 50cm.

The whole Vale of Pickering below these hills was a huge glacial lake at the end of the last Ice Age, which is why the valley floor is so flat and grows corn so well.

Good condition with only minor wear - gentle toning to the mount and light marks to the gilt frame.

Painted in Yorkshire, England, c.1970s-80s. A lovely farmcore wall piece, and there's a companion watercolour, "Ryedale Spring Time", by the same hand listed separately - they'd hang beautifully as a pair.

A charming antique original watercolour of the Gorges du Verdon in Provence, monogrammed H.C. The painting sits on a textured mount in its original wood frame, with the old iron hanging loops and braided cord still on the back. 27 x 22cm including the frame.

The Gorges du Verdon is often called Europe's Grand Canyon, with limestone cliffs rising up to 700 metres above the river.

Good antique condition. The painting is still vibrant, with natural age-toning to the mount and light, honest surface wear to the frame.

Probably painted in France, c.1900-1930s. A lovely French country or Parisian vintage piece for a small wall.

A finely detailed original pen and ink drawing of East Gate, Chester, looking through the famous clock arch to the black-and-white Tudor-revival buildings beyond, finished with a soft watercolour wash. Titled "East Gate, Chester" and signed by the artist in the corner. Mounted on card, 35.5 x 25.5cm.

The Eastgate Clock was built in 1899 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and is said to be the second most photographed clock in Britain, after Big Ben.

Good condition with minor wear.

Vintage, late 20th century, English. Lovely framed up for a study or hallway with a modern vintage look.

Original watercolour of a Yorkshire farmstead - pantiled roofs, stone steps up to the granary door, a woman in the doorway and hens scratching about in the yard, all seen through the branches of a big old ash. Signed Ernest Burn lower right, and titled "On a Yorkshire Farm" on the artist's own label on the back, with his Bush Hill Park address in Enfield. Early 20th century. Framed and mounted, 36 x 32cm.

Those orange pantiles are a Yorkshire giveaway - they first came into the east coast ports as ship's ballast on the Low Countries trade, and ended up on farm buildings right across the county.

Good condition with minor wear - a few small foxing spots on the mount, light rubbing to the gilt frame and a tear to the brown backing paper.

A pretty antique watercolour by E. Hamilton, one of a set of English village scenes - this one shows a riverside cottage with ducks gathered along the bank. Signed, in a stepped card mount within a gilt frame, glazed. The painting measures about 19 x 13.5cm, framed to around 33.5 x 29cm.

Stepped card mounts like these were a popular framing trick, adding depth around a small watercolour without needing a bigger picture.

Good condition with just minor wear consistent with its age.

Victorian, 19th century, English. Others from the same set are listed separately - lovely hung together as a cottagecore group.

A charming antique original watercolour of a timber-framed cottage with a picket fence, a figure by the gate and chickens on the lane. Signed A.E. Gibson and dated November 24th 1916. In a gilt frame with a cream mount, glazed, 20 x 13.5cm.

It was painted just a week after the Battle of the Somme finally came to an end on 18 November 1916 - a peaceful English scene from a very turbulent time.

Good condition commensurate with its age.

Made in England, 1916. A sweet cottagecore piece for a small wall or a bedside table.

A small original watercolour by V. Hancock, titled "Norway" and signed and dated on the mount. The scene shows a wooden cabin tucked among trees on the water's edge, with a scattering of pink wildflowers in the foreground rocks - a quiet, sunlit corner captured somewhere on the artist's travels. Presented unframed in a cream card mount, overall mount size approximately A4 (21 x 30cm), with the painted area itself smaller within it. Good condition throughout with no foxing, chips, or damage noted, just gentle handling wear consistent with age. Norway's traditional timber cabins, or "hytter," have long been a national institution, with hundreds of thousands still used as holiday retreats across the country today.

A finely detailed Victorian watercolour of York Minster rising above the trees, viewed across the River Ouse with two loaded barges moored in the foreground and an old crenellated stone gatehouse by the water. Signed "York" and "E.C. Crowther" and dated 188-, the last digit worn but placing it in the 1880s. Gilt frame with a wash-line mount, under glass, measuring 43 x 35cm. A good antiquarian piece for anyone with a York or Yorkshire connection.

The paper has some scattered foxing, mostly across the sky and the mount, which is typical for a watercolour of this age, and the colours remain bright.

York Minster's twin west towers took the best part of 250 years to complete, so the building spans several distinct phases of Gothic architecture.

A pretty antique Victorian watercolour of an English village lane, with thatched and tiled cottage roofs tucked behind flowering hedges, autumn trees beyond, and a shawled figure walking home along the path. Signed E. Hamilton lower left, in a gilt frame with a soft fabric-effect mount. The painting measures about 19 x 13.5cm, framed to around 33.5 x 29cm.

Village lanes like this were among the most popular subjects for a modest Victorian watercolour, painted to hang in ordinary parlours rather than grand collections.

Good condition, with just a little light spotting to the sky, typical of its age.

Victorian, English. A charming cottagecore piece for a bedroom or landing.

An original pencil portrait of James Callaghan, head and shoulders in a suit and tie, signed V. Hancock and dated 1977 - drawn while he was in Downing Street. Sketchbook sheet, 35 x 26cm.

Callaghan is the only person ever to have held all four great offices of state: Chancellor, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister.

Good condition with minor wear - a scattering of small gold paint spots around the edges of the paper and a few light creases.

English, 1977. A great piece of political history for a study or dark academia gallery wall.

A striking piece of Egyptian papyrus art, densely covered in hand-lettered Arabic calligraphy in rows of decorative cartouches, with a bold central roundel reading "Allah" and a further inscribed panel down one side - the design is closely linked to the 99 Names of Allah (Asma al-Husna). About 42 x 30cm (A3), under glass.

Papyrus takes its name from the Nile reed the Egyptians turned into the world's first true paper over 5,000 years ago - it's where the English word "paper" comes from.

Good condition, with the naturally rough deckle edge typical of a papyrus sheet.

Made in Egypt, late 20th century. A beautiful piece for an eclectic expat aunt wall.

Original pencil portrait by V. Hancock, dating to around 1977, worked in graphite and set in a deep green card mount. The sitter is a statesman in suit and tie - the moustache, hooded eyes and swept-back hair point to Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963, drawn from an earlier photograph. Mount measures 35.5 x 25.5cm.

Good condition with only minor wear, no tears, foxing or creasing.

Macmillan was drawn as "Supermac" by the cartoonist Vicky in 1958 as a bit of mockery - it backfired completely and the country adopted it as a compliment.

A striking bit of MCM wall interest, and there are three more works by the same hand in the other listings - Norway, Sam the Border Collie, and a winter snow scene.