Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

11 9 10 8 A large Dutch brass-mounted States General Bible, Dordrecht, 1729 bij Pieter en Jacob Keur, inserted front page with hand-written prayer signed with family initials, back end-paper inscribed ‘Johanna Magdalena Strÿdom is Ge Boren den 1 Januwarrÿ in het iaar 1781’, leather-bound with pierced brass mounts and clasps, restored, some distress, water marks, 43 by 26,5 by 12,5cm R8 000 – 10 000 9 A Dutch Delft Drie Klokken tin-glazed blue and white snuff jar, 18th/19th century the ovoid body decorated in underglaze-blue with a plumed Calumet-smoking Indian seated on a pedestal, before an urn inscribed ‘POMPADOER’ (sic), next to a barrel covered in tobacco leaves, the VOC monogram painted on a small box to the left and a shipping scene to the right, chips to the rim, fritting chips, underglaze-blue factory mark, 27,5cm high, with associated conical brass cover R6 000 – 8 000 10 A Dutch Delft De Claeuw tin-glazed blue and white snuff jar, 18th/19th century the ovoid body painted with a cartouche enclosed by c-scrolls, foliage and a vase of flowers, the centre inscribed ‘POMPADOUR, fritting chips to the rim, hairline crack, underglaze-blue factory mark, 24cm high, with associated brass cover R4 000 – 6 000 ’ THE DR JOHAN BOLT CAPE COLLECTION | LOTS 1-96 20