Strauss & co - 26 September 2011, Cape Town

30 30 A William IV silver basket, William Bateman II, London, 1830 oval with a scrolling foliate rim and a lobed body, the reeded central carrying handle with foliage enclosing a vacant scroll cartouche, on an oval footrim, 1340g, 36cmwide, the reverse engraved with scratch weights, DWT 43, ’08, CX, N=0=X, No 10 R9 000 – 12 000 31 A George IV silver surgeon’s etui, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, date mark indistinct the body moulded and chased with scrolling foliage enclosing a cartouche on either side, one side engraved “Surgeon Savage”, the interior fitted with four tortoiseshell- mounted surgeon’s blades, the hinged cover with reeded rim, 5,7cm high R5 000 – 7 000 30 31 detail