Hammer highlights
Skilfully designed to catch salmon, fishing flies and lures hooked enthusiasts at Shropshire sporting specialist Mullock’s (20% buyer’s premium) fishing sale which included the work of two great names in the angling lexicon.
One was the splendidly named Onesimus Ustonson (1736-83), whose shop off Fleet Street remained a family concern from 1761-1855, having supplied tackle to, among others, the naturalist Joseph Banks, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.