Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

280 A Victorian silver book-shaped vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1846 the hinged cover with a cartouche engraved with initials against alternating bands of plain and engine-turned decoration, the base similar, with gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with foliage 12,9g, 3,3cmwide; and a George IV silver valise-shaped vinaigrette, Thomas Edwards, London, 1822, the hinged cover with prick- work floral designs, with thumbpiece, gilt interior with grille pierced and engraved with grapes, 9,7g, 2,1cmwide (2) R4 000 – 6 000 281 A Victorian silver castle-top vinaigrette of New Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1848 rectangular, the hinged, engraved cover with shaped foliate sides, the base with engine-turned decoration and a cartouche engraved with the initials ‘MAC’, with gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with a basket filled with flowers, some oxidisation to interior base and grille, 32g, 4,6cmwide; cased R7 000 – 9 000 282 A Victorian 18ct gold vinaigrette, Yapp & Woodward, Birmingham, 1849 shaped rectangular, the hinged cover with a vacant cartouche, the whole engraved with a floral and scrolling foliate decoration, with cast thumbpiece, the grille pierced and engraved with a flower-filled urn, 15,9g, 3,5cmwide R5 000 – 7 000 282 281 280 PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 263-298 112