Strauss & co - 13 October 2014, Cape Town

58 138 A German jasper, shagreen and silver-mounted cigarette box, M. Möckel, .830 standard, 1930s rectangular, the hinged cover centred by a conforming collet-set jasper plaque enclosed by geometric panels of brown and cream shagreen, the bombé-shaped silver body raised on four square feet, stamped maker’s mark, 3,5cm high, 13,2cmwide R4 000–6 000 139 An Art Deco shagreen and silver triple-frame box rectangular, the hinged cover in three sections each centred by a glazed compartment enclosing marbleized paper, on four square-section feet, stamped ‘Bronze & Sterling, 240’ , 4,8cm high, 24,2cmwide R12 000–15 000 140 An Art Deco silver-mounted shagreen and gilt-metal cigarette case hinged rectangular, inlaid with a cream- coloured shagreen band, with pink and blue triangular shagreen borders, stamped ‘969’, 10cmwide R3 000–4 000 * 141 An Art Deco alligator, shagreen and ivory silver-mounted cigarette box sarcophagus-shaped, the hinged cover inset with a rectangular ivory plaque enclosed by alternating triangular panels of shagreen and alligator, the sides applied with black alligator panels, on shallow bracket feet, fitted interior, hallmarks worn, 7cm high, 17cmwide R7 000–9 000 * 142 An Art Deco shagreen and ivory cigarette box rectangular, the shagreen body with ivory borders, 7,2cm high, 19,7cmwide R6 000–8 000 138 139 140 141 142