Strauss & co - 7 March 2011, Cape Town

74 138 A Cape silver cruet frame, John Townsend, 19th century square, with gadrooned rim, on leaf-scroll feet, the four ring- holders connected by shell motifs with reeded central handle, 270g, 17cmwide ; two later sauce bottles, a silver-mounted and glass pepper pot and a mustard pot, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co, London, 1909; and a Cape silver Fiddle pattern mustard spoon, John Townsend, 15g (6) R6 000–8 000 139 140 138 139 A Cape silver pap boat, Fredrik DavidWaldek, mid 19th century with an applied foliate border, 110g, 12cm long R4 000–6 000 140 Two pairs of Cape silver spectacle frames, apparently unmarked (2) R1 500– 2 000 LITERATURE cf Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p 90 where a similar example is illustrated. PROVENANCE Sold: Sotheby Parke,Bernet, Cape Town. 9 March 1982, lot 55