Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

257 A pair of George III cast silver candlesticks, Ebenezer Coker, London, 1764 each stepped square base moulded with acanthus leaves and palmettes, engraved with an armorial, with foliate knopped column, spool-shaped sconce, detachable nozzles apparently unmarked, underbase engraved with the initials ‘BL’, one with the scratch weight 37.8, 1020g, 25,5cm high (2) R30 000 – 40 000 258 A George III silver coffee pot, Robert Jones & John Scofield, London, 1776 vase-shaped, engraved with the motto ‘GALEA SPES SALUTIS’, with beaded borders, on a circular foot, the cover with conforming finial, later wooden scroll handle, 655g, 28cm high; and a George III silver two-handled sugar bowl and creamer, Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp, London, 1780 and 1782, similar, with reeded handles, 535g all in, the sugar bowl 17,5cm high (3) R9 000 – 12 000 259 A pair of George III silver sauce boats, Andrew Fogelberg & Stephen Gilbert, London, 1782 each with gadrooned rim, double c-scroll handle decorated with scales, on three conforming feet, 995g, 13cm high (2) R10 000 – 12 000 259 258 257 104