Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

202 A Victorian ebonised, amboyna and gilt-metal mounted credenza the shaped breakfront top above a central door applied with an oval blue and white Parian plaque and enclosing a shelf, flanked by a pair of columns and recessed arched mirror plates, the glazed sides enclosing two shelves, on a conforming base, 110cm high, 170cmwide, 46cm deep R15 000 – 20 000 203 A Royal Worcester ‘Botanical’ part dessert service, circa 1880 the centre of each painted with various sprays of indigenous South African flowers and grasses against a white ground enclosed within a maroon band with gilt borders, comprising: 14 plates, 6 comports, in sizes, areas of wear, repair, staining, hairline crack, impressed factory mark, the taller comports 14,5cm high (20) R9 000 – 12 000 204 A Mason’s Patent Ironstone Earthenware ‘Mikado’ pattern part dinner service, late 19th/ early 20th century each piece printed and painted with a bird amongst peonies, prunus blossoms and chrysanthemums issuing from rockwork, enclosed within a shaped border of floral sprays, comprising: 24 dinner plates, 12 fish plates, 12 side plates, 12 soup plates, 2 vegetable tureens and covers, a sauce tureen, cover and stand, a gravy boat, a ladle, and two rectangular platters, in sizes, printed factory mark, the larger platter 44cmwide (67) R7 000 – 9 000 205 A cut-glass decanter, 20th century with facetted neck, the rounded body cut with oval panels of printies, 35cm high; and another example, with tapering facetted neck, the globular body cut with bands of printies, associated spire-shaped stopper, 27cm high (2) R2 000 – 3 000 206 A Victorian mahogany butler’s tray and stand the galleried tray with four pierced handles, on a turned X-shaped frame joined by stretchers, bracing and restorations, 83cm high, 76cm long, 48,5cmwide R4 000 – 6 000 207 A mahogany dining table the rectangular moulded top with rounded corners, on ring-turned baluster legs with brass cappings and castors, 75,5cm high, 300cm long, 132cm deep R12 000 – 18 000 203 detail 71