Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

451 A Batavian silver commemorative salver (Gedachtenisblad), maker’s initials SH, mid 18th century, with later Dutch foreign import tax marks for 1814-1953 shaped square, with pierced shell and foliate border, the reverse with inscription ‘Ter Gedagtenis Van Juff Bartha Helena Van Suchtelen, Geboren Tot Batavia, den 13th April A=1710, En Aldaar bert Cen 19th= January A=1743, dud 32 zaaren 9 Maanden En 6 Dagen’, restorations, 640g, 31cm square R20 000 – 30 000 LITERATURE cf. V.O.C.-Zilver, Zilver uit de periode van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, 17de en 18de eeuw, Collectie Haags Gemeentemuseum, Mei 1983, where a similar example is illustrated on page 38 452 A Batavian silver cuspidor, apparently unmarked, late 18th century of small proportions, the flared neck with petal-shaped rim, the eight-panelled bulbous body raised on a circular foot, minor dents, 175g, 10cm high R12 000 – 15 000 Fa. Dekker Antiquair, Spiegelgracht 9, - 1017 JP Amsterdam, 26th July 2000 LITERATURE Guus Roëll and Deon Viljoen, Uit verre streken, June 2008, where a similar small portable model is discussed. 453 Holland, VOC, two ducatoons or silver riders, 1739 a doit, dated 1790; and a base metal medallion (4) R600 – 800 454 A Dutch silver ‘Friendship’ medallion, 11 February 1815 the front and reverse with inscriptions, with later annular suspension loop, 15g, 5cm diameter R2 000 – 3 000 455 A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, maker’s mark ID between two stars, late 18th century the shell set in a zig-zag border, the hinged base engraved with a stippled border, 8cmwide; and a silver snuff box, late 18th century, oval, engraved with a foliate cartouche enclosed by a floral border, the reverse engraved with the initials ’’WC’, gilt interior, with repairs and holes, 25g, 6cmwide (2) R6 000 – 8 000 Sold: Stephan Welz & Co, Cape Town, 31 March 2004, lot 622 456 A Cape silver Shell-and-Thread pattern marrow scoop, Lawrence Twentyman, 19th century 55g; a Cape silver Fiddle pattern pickle fork, Johannes Lotter, 19th century, 25g; and a Cape silver Old English pattern teaspoon, maker’s initials PG, the terminal engraved with an initial, 15g (3) R2 500 – 3 000 The marrow scoop from JH Bourdon- Smith Litd, 24 Mason’s Yard, 13 Duke Street, St. James, London SW1, 20 June 1996 452 455 131