Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

42 99 An Edward VII silver striker and stamp case, probably William Light, Birmingham, 1906 engraved with ivy, the front stamp compartment with a vacant reserve, with ring attachment, 20,3g, 3,5cmwide ; and another, similar, probably Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1906, overall engraved with scrolling foliage, 15,5g, 5,3cmwide (2) R2 500–3 000 100 Two Edward VII silver inkwells with stamp compartments, Saunders & Shepherd, Birmingham, 1907 and 1910 one fitted with a small drawer to the base, the other with a swivel hinged compartment to the cover and engraved ‘G.E-S 25-6-17’, Rd 578671, both fitted with later glass inkwells, loaded, the taller 4,5cm high (2) R2 500–3 000 101 An Edward VII silver nécessaire, Colen Hewer Cheshire, Chester, 1907 rectangular with rounded corners, the cover engraved with the initials ‘AJS’, the gilt interior enclosing cigarette, sovereign and half-sovereign, stamp and hinged engraved billet-doux compartments, 145,8g, 8,8cmwide R3 500–4 000 102 An Edward VII silver stamp, sovereign, striker and cigarette case, S Blackensee & Sons, Chester, 1907 with gilt interior and hinged stamp compartment, 105g, 9,5cmwide ; and a silver nécessaire with stamp, card and aide-mémoire compartments, marks worn , with fitted leather interior and chain and ring attachment, 90g all in, 9,5cmwide (2) R3 500–4 000 103 An Edward VII silver novelty stamp box modelled as a wheelbarrow, Cohen & Charles, Birmingham, 1907, Rd 520190 with hinged, glazed compartment, restorations, 18,8g all in, 2,6cm high, 2,5cmwide R6 000–7 000 104 An Edward VII silver stamp box with pen wipe modelled as a pig, Levi and Salaman, Birmingham, 1908 the rectangular box with wooden drawer fitted with stamp and nib compartments, on ball feet, 58,7g all in, 7cm high, 4,5cmwide R10 000–12 000 105 An Edward VII silver double stamp box and blotter, Stokes & Ireland Ltd, Chester, 1908 the silver-mounted leather-covered wooden blotter surmounted by a hinged stamp box, with interior gilt sloped compartments, the cover engraved with the initials ‘C.A.A.’, 6cm high, 11cmwide R6 000–7 000 106 An Edward VII silver novelty double compartment stamp box in the form of a table, Saunders & Shepherd, Chester, 1909 the hinged top with canted corners above a plain frieze, on square-section tapering legs and spade feet, 30,2g, 4cm high, 5,5cmwide R7 000–8 000 107 An Edward VII silver envelope double stamp and card case, Albert Ernest Jenkins, Birmingham, 1909, Rd 540976 the hinged cover engraved with the initials ‘SM’, with ring attachment, 16,3g, 6cmwide ; and a foreign silver single envelope case, stamped 925, the front moulded in relief with the word ‘STAMPS’ below a foliate border, with ring attachment, 8,2g, 2,8cmwide (2) R2 500–3 000 108 Two Edward VII silver pocket double stamp cases, Albert Ernest Jenkins, Birmingham, 1909 and 1910, Rd 540975 one cover engraved with the initial ‘D’, with ring attachments, each 6,5g, 2,3cmwide; an Edward VII single stamp example, Saunders & Shephard, Birmingham, 1901, with spring-loaded interior and ring attachment, 17g, 2,5cmwide; a silver envelope double stamp case, Albert Ernest Jenkins, Chester, with ring attachment, marks worn and some damage, 7,6g, 4,5cmwide ; and a silver envelope single stamp case, possible Sydney & Co, Chester, 1906, with ring attachment, some damage, 3,8g, 3cmwide (5) R2 500–3 000 PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 64-133