Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

173 A Royal Worcester two-handled vase, 1895, Rd 214561 painted with clematis against an ivory ground, gilt highlights, with dragon-mask-headed handles, raised on a circular foot, model number 1684, puce printed factory mark, 22cm high; and a Royal Worcester jug, 1902, Rd 29115, painted by Ernest Phillips, with summer flowers against a blush ivory ground, leaf-capped handle, model number 1094, green printed factory mark, 19cm high (2) R6 000–8 000 174 A Royal Worcester pomander and cover, date mark worn, Rd 112588 painted by Edward I Raby Jnr, the lobed body with poppies, corn and insects against an ivory ground, gilt highlights, the pierced cover with double dragon head handle, model number 1313, puce printed factory mark, 19cm high ; and a Royal Worcester biscuit barrel and cover, 1897, Rd 112589, the lobed body with sunflowers and blossom against a blush ivory ground, gilt highlights, gilding worn, model number 1312, puce printed factory mark, 16cm high (2) R5 000–7 000 175 A pair of Royal Worcester two- handled vases, 1902, Rd 178444 painted by Ernest Phillips, each bulbous body decorated with summer flowers against a blush ivory ground, with gilt highlights, the shoulders with acanthus-leaf handles headed by spire finials, raised on a moulded foliate circular foot, some gilding worn, model number 1553, green printed factory mark, 28cm high (2) R8 000–10 000 176 A pair of Royal Worcester ornithological plates, 1916 painted by James Stinton, each with wavy gilt- rim borders, one painted with a chaffinch, the other with a magpie, against a mottled ivory ground, the chaffinch plate retailed by Rdt Hogg & Co Ltd, Belfast, puce printed factory mark, 22cm diameter (2) R3 000–4 000 174 175 176 67