Strauss & co - 6 February 2012, Cape Town

354 An Edward VII silver pincushion in the form of a shoe, Adie & Lovekin Ltd, Birmingham, 1903 the textured shoe with a rosette, 15g, 7cm long; another, Levi & Salamon, Birmingham, 1911, moulded with a ribbon, 5g, 6cm long; and another example, Hanau, late 19th century, modelled in relief with putti at play, lacking cushion, 10g, 5,5cm long (3) R3 000 – 4 000 355 An Edwardian five-piece silver tea service, George Howson, Sheffield, 1904 comprising: a teapot, kettle-on-stand with burner, hot water jug, milk jug, and a two-handled sugar bowl, with leaf-capped scroll and ivory handles, egg-and-dart and acanthus-leaf rim, the bodies engraved with the initials TMC (Thomas Major Cullinan) above a band of scrolling foliage and lobing, on four scroll feet, and a pair of sugar tongs, George Howson, Sheffield, 1901, 5445g all in, the kettle-on-stand 37cm high (6) R35 000 – 40 000 PROVENANCE Sir Thomas Major Cullinan (1862-1936), South African diamond magnate, and thence by descent to the present owner 355 105