Strauss & co - 13 October 2014, Cape Town

29 55 A Victorian silver claret jug, Walter & John Barnard, London, 1878 ovoid, the body profusely engraved with ferns and foliage part enclosing a reserve engraved with a crest, raised on a circular spreading foot, the scroll handle with conforming decoration, gilt interior and cover, 670g, 35cm high R12 000–15 000 56 A Victorian silver-mounted and velvet-backed mirror, Rosenthal, Jacob & Co, London, 1887 the frame pierced with masks, grotesques, swans, baskets of fruit and scrolling foliage, bevelled mirror plate, formerly with easel-back support, relined, 60,5cmhigh R10 000–12 000 57 A Victorian silver card case, Colen Hewer Cheshire, Birmingham, 1880 shaped rectangular, the front and reverse engraved with water birds, butterflies, bamboo, bullrushes and water lilies, 65g, 10cm long R3 000–4 000 58 A late Victorian silver two- handled rose bowl, Elkington & Co Ltd, Birmingham, 1892 of lobed outline, profusely moulded in relief with c-scrolls and flowerheads enclosing a cartouche engraved with a crest and the motto ‘BE THANKFUL’above a gadrooned and fluted border, raised on a circular foot, the sides applied with a pair of handles headed by griffons, 1255g, 23cm high R15 000–20 000 56 55 57 58