Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

275 A William IV silver vinaigrette, William Simpson, Birmingham, 1833 rectangular, the hinged cover with a prick-work seaweed motif surrounding an oval reserve engraved with the initials ‘EW’, with a cast floral border and reeded sides, the base with a bright-cut engraved flower, with gilt interior and later grille pierced and engraved with foliage, 9,7g, 2,7cmwide; a George IV silver vinaigrette, Thomas andWilliam Simpson, Birmingham, 1824, rectangular, the hinged cover with a central reserve engraved with the initials ‘JA’against an engine-turned ground within a cast floral border, with reeded sides and engine-turned base, gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with foliage, 13,7g, 3cmwide; and a Victorian silver vinaigrette, Thomas Shaw, Birmingham, 1838, rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with a vacant central reserve against an engine-turned ground, with cast borders, reeded sides and engine-turned base, with gilt interior and pierced and engraved foliate grille, 17,3g, 3,4cmwide (3) R3 000 – 4 000 275 276 276 A William IV silver vinaigrette, Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham, 1834 rectangular, with hinged cover, reeded body and cast floral thumbpiece, the gilt interior with a grille pierced and engraved with an urn and foliage, 14,1g, 3,6cmwide; a George IV silver vinaigrette, maker’s mark TS, Birmingham, 1823, rectangular, the hinged cover with a reserve engraved with the initials ‘CSAM’, reeded body and gilt interior with a grille pierced and engraved with a flower against a scrolling foliate ground, 19,4g, 3,3cmwide; and a George III silver vinaigrette, John Bettridge, Birmingham, 1818, rectangular, the hinged cover with a gilt reserve with flowers engraved against a prick-work ground and framed with a foliate border, the base with a vacant square panel against a diaper ground, the gilt interior with a later grille pierced and engraved with foliage, 10,7g, 3,1cmwide (3) R3 000 – 4 000 PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 263-298 110