Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

325 A Victorian silver chalice, Henry Holland, London, 1877 chased with ivy within two lappet-shaped panels united by swags, on a conforming circular foot with beaded border, 215g, 19cm high; and another, Frederick Elkington, Birmingham, 1884, engraved with a band of ivy divided by quatrefoil panels engraved with birds in flight, on a stepped circular foot, 170g, 18,8cm high (2) R3 000 – 4 000 * 326 A Victorian silver knife, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1887, fitted with a Japanese carved ivory handle, Meiji period (1868- 1912) the ivory handle carved with a monkey and bat-eared rat contesting a persimmon, signed R6 000 – 8 000 *Subject to CITES permit when exporting (see page 318). 327 A Victorian silver cigarette box, William Summers, London, 1884 rectangular with engine-turned decoration, the hinged cover with a crest and the motto ‘PRO ARIS ET FOCIS’, the inner rim later engraved, gilt interior, 575g, 18cmwide R2 400 – 2 600 328 A Victorian silver hot water jug, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London, 1896 the body with shell, feather, leaf and gadrooned rim, on a circular foot, later leaf-capped wooden handle, 485g, 18,5cmhigh; and a George III silver creamer, Thomas & Joseph Guest & Joseph Craddock, London, 1807, with gadrooned border and rim, on a circular foot, with harp- shaped handle and gilt interior, 230g, 9cmhigh (2) 326 327 328 126