Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

305 A George III silver four-piece tea service, Duncan Urquhart & Naphtali Hart, London, 1804 comprising: a teapot and stand, milk jug and two-handled sugar basin, each engraved with panels of flowerheads above a cartouche engraved with the initial ‘F’within a greek key border, with harp-shaped handles, the oval stand on four outswept shell-shaped feet, the milk jug and sugar basin with gilt interior, 1170g all in, the teapot 16,5cmhigh (4) R6 000 – 8 000 306 A George III assembled three- piece silver tea service, John Emes, Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, London, 1804-1814 comprising: a teapot, milk jug and two- handled sugar basin, each engraved with greek key bands, the teapot with a cartouche engraved with initials, wooden harp-shaped handle and finial, the milk jug and sugar basin with a cartouche engraved with a stork, harp- shaped handles, 900g all in, the teapot 15cm high (3) R5 000 – 6 000 307 A George III silver sugar basket, maker’s mark indistinct, London, 1805 oval, with moulded faceted sides, the rim engraved with bright-cut foliate panels, the body with an engraved crest, conforming oval reeded footrim, the sides applied with a reeded handle, with later blue glass liner, 410g, 13cmhigh; and a pair of George III silver sugar tongs, Peter & Ann Bateman, London, 1797, 25g; and another example, George III, Birmingham, 1790, 30g (3) R3 000 – 4 000 308 A George III silver biggin, Emes & Barnard, London, 1810 the body engraved with a crest, with gadrooned rim, the hinged cover with urn-shaped finial, the side applied with a later harp-shaped composition handle, lacking stand, 630g, 21cm high R2 000 – 3 000 305 306 307 120