Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

97 * A Victorian leather and tortoiseshell-mounted lady’s purse, apparently unmarked rectangular, the hinged cover applied with an engraved flower and a plaque with the initials ‘LA’, fabric interior with some distress, 6,6cm high R1 500–2 000 98 * A Victorian alligator skin jewellery box with silver mounts, unidentified maker FS, London, 1900 and 1901 rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover applied with the silver initials ‘SG’, key lacking, 14,5cmwide R4 000–6 000 99 * An Edward VII silver-mounted tortoiseshell frame, Charles Penny Brown, Birmingham, 1905 rectangular with rounded corners, the heart- shaped aperture with later mount, Mappin & Webb, Birmingham, 1925, easel-back, 12,6cm high R5 000–7 000 100 * A George V silver, piqué-work and tortoiseshell-mounted box, maker’s mark worn, possibly Mappin & Webb, Birmingham, 1918 circular, with hinged, domed tortoiseshell cover, decorated with floral and swag piqué- work, raised on three leaf-headed feet, dents to the body, 8,2cmwide R4 000–6 000 97 98 99 100 42