Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

46 123 A WMF silver-plated blotter with triple stamp and nib compartment, early 20th century the hinged cover with handle enclosing a fitted interior, 7,5cm high, 13cmwide ; and a WMF silver- plated quadruple stamp box, early 20th century, the hinged domed cushion-shaped cover enclosing four sloping compartments, raised on bracket feet, replated, 3cm high, 6,5cmwide (2) R3 500–4 000 124 A German Coberg steel triple stamp box, late 19th/early 20th century rectangular, the whole applied with a row of bosses enclosing heart-shaped motifs, stamped Coberg, Ges.Gesch, 3,8cm high, 11,5cmwide ; a German brass and painted enamel triple stamp and nib example, the hinged cover painted with water-lilies and applied with the armorial of Luxembourg, impressed Ges.Gesch, 2,5cm high, 8,5cmwide ; and a chrome example, the cover engraved with berries, stamped Ges.Gesch, 2,5cm high, 8,5cmwide (3) R1 500–2 000 125 Three souvenir stamp boxes, 19th/20th century comprising: one from Karlsbad, the rectangular cover with pietra dura panel, 6,2cmwide ; a brass example from Bretagne, 5,5cmwide ; and a Dutch brass triple stamp example, the cover moulded in relief with St Nicholas and the dragon, 7cmwide (3) R900–1 200 126 A German stamp, ink, roller and pen case, 20th century the oblong case with paper covers enclosing a fitted interior, stamped ‘D.R.P., made in Germany’, 10,5cm wide ; an electroplated double stamp box, the hinged serpentine cover engraved with the word ‘Stamps’, 5,5cmwide ; an American ‘ACME’ silverplated double stamp box, Boston, the rectangular cover engraved with the word ‘Stamps’, 5cmwide ; two further miscellaneous metal examples, the larger damaged, 10cmwide ; and a double ‘Swan Metal Pocket Pen Holder’, 12cm long (6) R1 500–2 000 127 A French commemorative painted fruitwood single stamp box, Exposition de Lyon Universelle Internationale et Coloniale 1894 the square hinged cover painted with a swallow, 3,5cm high, 6cm square ; and two further examples, one painted with a bird, the other with flowers, the taller 3,5cm high, 4,5cmwide (3) R900–1 200 128 Four Continental carved fruitwood stamp boxes, 20th century in sizes, each hinged cover carved with floral sprays, one with triple stamp compartment, three with double compartments, the largest 2,7cm high, 10,5cmwide (4) R1 200–1 500 129 An electroplate-mounted moss agate triple stamp box the hinged cover and base inset with an agate panel, with mirrored sloped interior, raised on ring-turned ball feet, 2,5cm high, 9cmwide ; and a double-hinged electroplate mounted agate single stamp box, agate chipped, 2,7cm high, 3cmwide (2) R1 200–1 500 130 Four Italian wooden stamp boxes, 20th century comprising: a painted double stamp example, 5cm wide; a square double stamp example, inlaid with a child tending a lamb, the front painted with ‘Bellagio’, 6cm square ; another, with triple stamp compartments, the rectangular cover inlaid with a paper frieze, 9,5cm wide ; and a square leather-mounted quadruple stamp example, Bertini, Venezia, 7,7cm square (4) R900–1 200 131 An olivewood ‘Jerusalem’ triple stamp box 4cmhigh, 11cmwide ; a Swiss fruitwood double stamp example, the top carved with flowers, the base carved with ‘Rigi’, 2cmhigh, 6,5cmwide ; an ebonised double stamp and nib box, 3,8cmhigh, 13cmwide ; and a fruitwood double stamp example, the hinged cover applied with the word ‘Stamps’, 4cmhigh, 8,5cmwide (4) R900–1 200 132 Two Chinese enamel and brass double stamp and nib boxes, early 20th century one enamelled with a pair of dragons contesting a flaming pearl against a green ground, the other with flowers against a blue ground, raised on bracket feet, the taller 4,3cmhigh, 10,7cmwide ; and a single stamp example, similar, 3cmhigh, 3,2cmwide (3) R2 500–3 000 133 A Japanese brass double stamp and nib box, mid 20th century the hinged cover cast with a dragon and a flaming pearl, the sides with stylised clouds, 3,4cmhigh, 13,5cm wide ; a Chinese silver single stamp box, apparently unmarked, the cover similarly decorated, 4cm square ; a Chinese carved wooden triple stamp box, 20th century, 11,5cmwide ; and a Chinese carved wooden box in the form of a shoe, 20th century, 4,5cmhigh (4) R900–1 200 PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 64-133