Strauss & co - 26 September 2011, Cape Town

18 7 A George III silver bread basket, Thomas Pitt II, London, 1775 pierced lozenge-shaped with leaf- and berry swags enclosing beaded oval cartouches, the sides with acathanthus leaf-shaped handles, the front and reverse with shells, raised on four acanthus-leaf feet, 465g, 31cm wide over handles R12 000 – 15 000 8 A George III silver circular shaped dish, Louisa Courtauld & George Cowles, London, 1775 with a wavy gadrooned rim, engraved ‘John Petit’, 1385g, 35cm diameter, with scratch weights 44 on 18 R30 000 – 40 000 9 A George III silver milk jug, William Eley, London, 1778 the rim engraved with egg-and-dart decoration, acanthus leaf-capped and reeded handle, on four bun feet, 145g, 8,5cm high; and a George III silver milk jug, Alice and George Burrows, London, 1810, engraved with linear, wrigglework and floral bands, with reeded handle, raised on four ball feet, 175g, 10,5cm high (2) R2 500 – 3 500 7 8