Strauss & co - 13 October 2014, Cape Town

24 38 An assembled set of George III silver Fiddle and Thread pattern cutlery, William Ealy & William Fearn, London, 1799-1815 comprising: twelve dinner forks, twelve dessert forks, twelve table spoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, two basting spoons, 3215g all in; twelve dinner knives and twelve bread knives, CJ Vander Ltd, London 1960 and 1961; and four butter knives, various makers and dates, 215g all in, in an associated mahogany canteen (90) R25 000–30 000 39 An assembled set of Georgian Fiddle, Thread and Shell pattern silver cutlery, various makers, London, 1813-1839 comprising: twelve dinner forks, twelve table spoons, twelve dessert forks, twelve dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, a soup ladle, a pair of basting spoons, a pair of salad servers, a pair of sauce ladles, a pair of salt spoons, a mustard spoon, a sugar sifter and a pair of sugar tongs, 5810g all in ; twelve dinner knives, London, maker’s and date marks indistinct, blades replaced ; six dessert forks, probably James le Bas, Dublin, 1822; and six Victorian dessert knives, Francis Higgins II, London, 1843 (96) R30 000–35 000 PROVENANCE Purchased by Mrs Beryl L Jardine from Friedlands Art Galleries, 26th February 1952. 40 A pair of George III silver wine coasters, Robert Gray & Sons, Glasgow, 1819 each with a shell and anthemion band between ovolo and gadrooned borders, the turned wooden base with a boss engraved with a crest and the motto ‘TOUCH NOT THE CAT BUT A GLOVE’, 13,8cm diameter (2) R25 000–30 000 The crest and the motto are of the McPherson clan. 38 39 40 part lot part lot