Strauss & co - 8 October 2009, Cape Town

36 Furniture 53 A black and gilt japanned cabinet on stand, 19th century and later the rectangular top above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf with a pair of open compartments below, the front and sides decorated with Chinoiserie figures and landscapes, with trompe-l’oeil backboard, the later stand with pierced foliate corner brackets, on square-section legs, alterations and restorations, 167,5cm high including stand, 101cmwide, 51cm deep R20 000 – 30 000 54 A Regency style giltwood convex mirror with black reeded slip and eagle cresting, a ball suspended from the eagle’s beak on a chain, 106cm high R10 000 – 15 000 Property of the Estate Late John Wessels 53