Strauss & co - 7 March 2011, Cape Town

72 135 A rare Cape silver table snuff box, Thomas Stephenson, mid 19th century the hinged regtangular cover inscribed “PRESENTED BY THE Officers, Serjeants & Men of the Cape Town Police to their much respected superior Officer John King Esq 1853”, with the engraved outline of Table Mountain below, enclosed by an elaborate cartouche of acanthus leaves and a bird, the sides and base similarly engraved, the whole moulded in relief with foliate borders, the gilt interior inscribed “Presented on the 23rd November 1953 after a period of 24 years Service in the Police Force”, 270g, 12cm wide, 6,5 deep, 3cm high R40 000–60 000 This is probably the only known example of Cape silver engraved with a Cape view 134 135 open 135 134 A Cape silver christening mug, John Townsend, 19th century cylindrical with reeded rim, engraved with a band of scrolling foliage, with a floral cartouche engraved with the initials ‘D.A.E.M’, the sides applied with a reeded scroll handle, 145g, 8cm high R10 000– 15 000 PROVENANCE Sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Johannesburg, 1 November 1976, lot 79 LITERATURE Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, illustrated on p 81