Strauss & co - 7 March 2011, Cape Town

66 121 A Cape silver snuff box, Wilhelmina Margaretha Lotter, early 19th century the oval hinged cover engraved with the initials “JVE”within circular double wrigglework borders, the reverse similarly decorated and engraved with the initials “ASN”, with shell thumbpiece, 85g, 8cm wide R7 000–9 000 121 120 119 119 A Cape silver double-sided snuff box, Johannes Combrink, early 19th century each hinged cover engraved with the initials “TGLB”within a wreath, enclosed by wrigglework borders, gilt interior, 100g, 8cmwide R10 000– 12 000 LITERATURE cf Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p 88 where a similar example by Johannes Combrink is illustrated. 120 A Cape silver snuff box, Daniel Hockley, early 19th century the rectangular hinged cover engraved with the name “G S Mare”within foliate borders, gilt interior, 70g, 7,5cmwide R6 000–8 000 Property of a Gentleman