Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

209 A Continental electroplate lamp stand, late 19th century headed by a seated winged sphinx above a column of stylised bullrushes within lozenge-shaped panels terminating to an oval acanthus ball, on a shell platform raised on feline-headed paw feet, fitted for electricity, with shade, 82cm high R12 000 – 15 000 210 An Austro-Hungarian silver centrepiece, possibly Vincenz Carl Dub, Vienna, 1901-1921 with detachable trumpet-shaped glass vase above a circular glass dish etched with four sprays of flowers and bullrushes, on a bell-shaped knop above a foliate stem flanked by a pair of scantily clad maidens, the pierced foliate base raised on four bracket-shaped feet, the sides fitted with a pair of circular foliate dishes on reeded pierced brackets, the glass replaced, the dishes replated, 64cm high R15 000 – 20 000 211 A WMF electroplate five-piece tea and coffee service, circa 1903 comprising: a teapot, a coffee pot, a milk jug, a sugar basin and a two-handled tray, each piece embossed with leaf-and-berry decoration, with pierced finials, on bracket feet, the tray 64cmwide over handles (5) R30 000 – 35 000 NOTES Antique Collector’s Club. (2008) Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork, From Württembergische Metalwarenfabrik 1906, English Catalogue. A similar example is iIlustrated on page xliii, plate number 37. 209 210 211 91