Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

62 A pair of George III silver candlesticks, William Cafe, London, 1766 each knopped column on a spreading six-lobed base with stylised palmette decoration, the spool-shaped nozzle with gadrooned borders and detachable sconce with shell motifs, marked 3 and 6 to the sconce and nozzle respectively, 26,3cm high (2) R30 000–40 000 63 A George III silver sweetmeat basket, William Vincent, London, 1769 shaped oval, with rope-twist rim, the wirework body applied with trailing flowers, the swing handle with conforming decoration, 155g, 16cmwide R5 000–7 000 64 A George III silver snuffer tray, Elizabeth Cooke, London, 1771, and a pair of Sheffield close-plated candle snuffers, J Gilbert, 1812 the tray of hourglass form engraved with a crest and enclosed by a gadrooned and foliate border, scroll thumbpiece, on four leaf-shaped pad feet, 210g, 20,5cmwide , the candle snuffers of scissor form and embossed with foliage, the end of the blades with some distortion, some plating loss, stamped maker’s mark, 18,5cm long (2) R3 000–4 000 62 63 64 31