Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

196 A pair of Dutch silver novelty umbilical tongs, Gebr. Roelfsema, Winsum, late 19th century in the form of a stork, the handles opening to reveal a fish, 25g, 10,5cm long R2 000 – 3 000 197 An Austro-Hungarian silver snuff box, possibly Marosvásárhely, mid 19th century rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with a leaf within an oval cartouche, the body with engine- turned decoration, with gilt interior, 64,5g, 8cmwide; and an American sterling silver box, circa 1930, rectangular, the hinged cover with a plain diagonal band enclosed by engine-turned decoration, the base inscribed with the date ‘4/6/1930’, 39g, 5,8cmwide (2) R1 500 – 2 000 198 A German silver tray, late 19th/early 20th century oval, with fluted cavetto and reeded rim, 1270g, 46cmwide R6 000 – 8 000 196 197 198 85