Cape Town, 11 October 2011

16 3 Three George II Scottish silver casters, one with maker’s mark for Alexander Gairdner, assay masters mark HG for Hugh Gordon, Edinburgh, 1755 each baluster body with ribbed girdle on a spreading circular foot, with pierced domed cover and urn-shaped finial, in sizes, 650g, the tallest 18cm high (3) R20 000 – 30 000 1 A Sheffield plate oval dish, late 18th/early 19th century the reeded rim with shell, scroll and foliate decoration, engraved with a pair of armorials, 54cmwide R5 000 – 7 000 2 A Sheffield plate tea urn and cover, circa 1790 the shoulders with scroll and acanthus-leaf handles, the tapering body engraved with an armorial, the tap with ivory spigot, on a spreading circular foot engraved with a crest, raised on a square base with ball feet, the cover with acorn finial, the interior fitted with a covered copper tube, beaded borders throughout, 49,5cm high R9 000 – 12 000 1 3 2