Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

75 221 A WMF electroplate inkstand, circa 1900 shaped rectangular, modelled with the seated figure of Minerva flanked by a pair of electroplate-mounted glass inkwells, the front with a pair of female half-caryatids flanking a heart-shaped vacant cartouche, on paw and bracket feet, 26,5cm high, 48cmwide R6 000 – 8 000 LITERATURE Antique Collector’s Club, Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork From Wurttembergische Metalwarenfabrik 1906, page 280, illustration 84 222 An Art Nouveau Plewkiewicz electroplate-mounted glass centrepiece, early 20th century the pierced frame with a circular dish, with the figure of a maiden supporting a vase, the glass enamelled with stylised flowers and line decoration, 50cm high; and a claret jug, en suite, 39cm high (2) R8 000 – 10 000 224 A Pallme-König iridescent glass electroplate-mounted claret jug, circa 1900 with undulating bulbous body, blue glass overlaid with green and purple iridescent forms, 29cm high R8 000 – 10 000 223 An electroplate-mounted cut-glass jug, Arthur Krupp, Berndorf, Austria, circa 1900 the ovoid body with pineapple-cut decoration, the shoulder moulded in relief with leaves against a textured ground, the side applied with a twist- turned branch handle, the hinged cover with pineapple finial, on a circular spreading foot, 44cm high R4 000 – 6 000 221 222 224 detail