Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

28 38 39 38 A George III silver hot water jug, William Holmes & Nicholas Dumée, London, 1774 the urn-shaped body moulded in relief with swags above a ribboned oval cartouche engraved with a crest above a fluted and gadrooned border, raised on a spreading circular foot embossed with a leaf-and-berry band, the fluted neck with beaded borders, the hinged cover with spire-shaped finial, with scroll-shaped bamboo-bound handle, some damage, 915g all in, 31,5cm high R6 000–8 000 39 A pair of George III silver candlesticks, John Schofield, London, 1781 each with spreading circular base moulded in relief with beaded and leaf- and-berry borders, the tapering column moulded with foliate swags, urn- shaped sconce and detachable nozzle with beaded borders, engraved with initials ‘PMH’, loaded, 27,5cm high (2) R25 000–30 000