Strauss & co - 8 October 2009, Cape Town

40 65 A Régence style walnut, kingwood veneered, marquetry, marble-topped and gilt-metal mounted commode the moulded cream-veined marble top above a serpentine shaped front, with a pair of short and two long drawers below flanking a panel applied with female masks, on acanthus leaf and hoof feet, marble top restored, 86cm high, 114cmwide, 59,5cm deep R30 000 – 40 000 64 A pair of French black marble and gilt-metal mounted jardinières, late 19th century square, the sides with oval cartouches applied with hardstone flowers, on toupie feet, some hardstone losses, 47cm high, 31cmwide, 31cm deep (2) R10 000 – 15 000 Sold: Sotheby’s Cape Town, The Contents of Nederberg, 19 and 20 April, 1982, lot 163 64 65