Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

526 527 528 527 18ct gold hunting cased keyless lever watch, W Bennett & Co, London, circa 1871, of South African interest case stamped with maker’s initials ‘L.W.’, most probably for Louis Weill, London, 1871, with matte gilded movement No 62644, the case engraved with the initials ‘JM’ and the gold cuvette engraved ‘Presented to Mr James Harrison, by EM Litkie on the occasion of his marriage with his Daughter. Kimberley. 11th July 1888’, bio-metallic compensation balance, blued steel spiral spring, signed and numbered, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, enamel dial with minor chip at III, diameter approximately 40mm R8 000–10 000 NOTES Edward Litkie is recorded as a working jeweller at 12 Bree Street, Cape Town from 1866-1867 in Welz, Stephan. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Cape Town: A A Balkema. Page 135. 528 Silver and sapphire-mounted cigarette case, Dunhill, London with engine-turned rectangular case, the cover mounted with line-set step-cut sapphires, gilt interior, stamped ‘Sterling, Dunhill, London’ 150g all in, width approximately 84mm R10 000–12 000 183