Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

263 A George III silver patch box, Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1795 the cover engraved with a shield-shaped cartouche and the initials ’E.D’, 8,7g, 2,8cm diameter; another, Roger Biggs, London, 1792, 10,2g, 3cmdiameter; a Continental silver pill box, maker’s initials WK, circular, with chequerboard design, 6,4g, 2,5cmdiameter; and an Edwardian silver box, Cornelius Saunders & James Shepherd, Chester, 1907, circular, 3g, 2cmdiameter (4) R500 – 700 264 A George III silver gaming vinaigrette, maker’s mark IC, London, 1802 the hinged cover set with a rotating disc centred by an arrow indicator enclosed by numerals, the sides with bright-cut engraved and prick-work bands, the base with a bright- cut floral spray, with gilt interior and later pierced grille, arrow tipmissing, 12,1g, 2,7cm diameter R1 200 – 1 500 265 A George III silver Nelson vinaigrette, Matthew Linwood, Birmingham, 1805 rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with a portrait of Lord Horatio Nelson within an oval frame surrounded by the inscription ‘England Expects Every ManWill Do His Duty’, on a stippled ground, within a prick-work border, the front with thumbpiece, the base with a bright-cut engraved flower and the inscription ‘Eliza Nottingham LEEDS’, with gilt interior and pierced grille cast with a depiction of HMS Victory above the legend ‘TRAFR OCTR 21. 1805’, 29,1g, 4,3cmwide R12 000 – 15 000 266 A George III silver-gilt mounted moss agate and mother-of-pearl vinaigrette, Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London, 1809 oval, the hinged cover set with a moss agate stone, the base with a mother-of-pearl panel, the pierced and engraved floral grille with a rope-twist border, 4,9cmwide; and a George IV silver and agate vinaigrette, Thomas Fairbairn, Birmingham, 1824, rectangular, the hinged cover set with a conforming collet-set agate, with a floral border extending to the sides and ring attachment, the base engraved with a flowerhead surrounded by engraved, prick- work and engine-turned borders, with gilt interior and pierced and engraved foliate grille, 19,5g, 3,1cmwide (2) R6 000 – 8 000 267 A George III silver vinaigrette, Matthew Linwood, Birmingham, 1812 rectangular, the hinged cover later engraved with ‘ L’amitié ‘ on a central reserve between prick-work bands, the base with a rectangular prick-work border surrounding an elliptical vacant reserve with bright-cut engraved border, with gilt interior grille pierced with a heart against filigree scrollwork, 16,4g, 3cmwide; and a George IV silver vinaigrette, Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham, 1828, rectangular, the hinged cover with a cast fruiting vine border surrounding a central panel with the initials ‘MAG’ amongst foliage, the concave sides with prick-work borders, the base with a bright-cut flower, the gilt interior with a pierced and engraved foliate grille, 13,8g, 3,2cmwide (2) R2 000 – 3 000 268 A George III silver vinaigrette, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1813 lozenge-shaped, the hinged cover engraved with the initials ‘FHJC’surrounded by a linear and floral prick-work design, the concave base with a bright-cut engraving of a flower, the gilt interior with pierced grille, 5,9g, 2,5cm wide; a George IV silver vinaigrette, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1821, rectangular with canted corners, the hinged cover engraved with a vacant rectangular reserve against a wave-pattern ground, with a bright-cut engraved flower to the base, the gilt interior with pierced grille, oxidisation, 5,1g, 2,3cmwide; a Victorian silver vinaigrette, Francis Clark, Birmingham, 1842, rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with a vacant cartouche against a diaper ground, the base similar, the gilt interior with foliate pierced grille, 6,7g, 2,1cmwide; and a Victorian silver vinaigrette, Frederick Marson, Birmingham, 1866, rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with a vacant cartouche against an engine- turned ground, the base similar, with ring attachment, the gilt interior with foliate pierced grille, 5g, 2,1cmwide (4) R2 000 – 3 000 265 detail PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 263-298 106