Strauss & co - 8 October 2009, Cape Town

17 6 A Victorian silver and enamel vesta case, Samson Mordan & Co, London, 1899 rectangular, the cover enamelled in sepia with a scene of the Battle of Magersfontein, 6cmwide The enamel on this vesta case is after an engraving by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) and is titled “All that was left of them: The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein”. This was first published in The Spear. R4 000 – 6 000 5 A Victorian silver and enamel vesta case, James Fenton, Birmingham, 1895 rectangular, the cover enamelled in white and black with the simulated calling card of Mr W.A. Currey, Cape Town, the side with a hinged cover, 5,8cmwide R7 000 – 9 000 4 A Victorian 18ct gold and enamel vesta case, Frederick Edmonds, London, 1895 rectangular, enamelled in white and black with the simulated calling card of Dr L.S. Jameson, Salisbury, Mashonaland, the side with a hinged cover, 5,8cmwide Dr Leander Starr Jameson, Cecil Rhodes’ representative in Rhodesia, was responsible for the Jameson Raid. Accompanied by a typed note that this box was given by Dr Jameson to Unfreville Percy Swinburne, son of Sir John Swinburne of Capheaton Hall, Northumberland R18 000 – 24 000 4 5 6