Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

200 A Wedgwood creamware part dinner service, 18th and 19th century with brown line rims, comprising: 6 oval platters, in sizes, the largest 52cm wide; 7 circular serving platters, in sizes, the largest 42cm diameter; 8 soup plates; 6 fish plates; 3 sauceboats and stands; 2 diamond-shaped dishes; 1 salad crescent; 1 oval platter with pierced rim; 15 meat plates; 3 oval vegetable dishes and 2 covers; and 2 large circular dishes, with strainers, 44cm diameter; and an associated oval tureen and cover, a four-part vegetable dish and 5 covers, in sizes, chips, cracks, repairs throughout (Qty) R6 000 – 8 000 Sinclair’s Antiques, Knysna, 1992 201 201 An important Cape stinkwood Bible desk, late 18th century the hinged slant top enclosing a shelf flanked by three small drawers, the front with two engraved silver escutcheon plates, the stand with a frieze drawer above a moulded shaped apron, on moulded cabriole legs, 100cm high, 102cmwide, 70cm deep R150 000 – 200 000 PROVENANCE The Herbert Prins Collection Sold: Stephan Welz & Co, Cape Town, 21 October 1997, lot 74 51