Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

247 A pair of George IV silver plates, Edward Farrell, London, 1824 the circular borders moulded with panels of fruit, berries and masks, the centre engraved with a crest, 780g, 26cm diameter (2) R12 000 – 15 000 LITERATURE cf. Peter Waldron, The Price Guide to Antique Silver, Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2001, page 130, where a similar example is illustrated 248 A set of George IV Thread-and-Shell silver flatware, William Chawner, London, 1824 comprising: 12 table forks, 12 table spoons, 12 dessert forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 teaspoons, 2565g; and 12 table knives and 12 dessert knives, William Comyns & Sons Ltd, London, 1965 - 1970, en suite (84) R25 000 – 30 000 249 A George IV silver inkstand, J & T Settle, Sheffield, 1826 rectangular with gadrooned, shell and foliate border, fitted with a pair of silver-mounted glass ink bottles flanking a covered wafer box, with pen depressions on either side, on four paw feet, one ink bottle with associated cover, 665g, 25cmwide R6 000 – 8 000 250 A William IV silver-gilt three-piece tea service, Benjamin Smith, London, 1830 comprising: a teapot, milk jug and sugar basin, each piece moulded in relief with panels of flowerheads heightened with a rose, a daffodil and a lily, on a wavy spreading foliate foot, acanthus-leaf-capped C-scroll handles, the teapot with hinged cover and flowerhead finial, 2285g, the teapot 16,5cm high (3) R20 000 – 30 000 (illustrated on the following page) 247 248 249 part lot 83