Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

212 A Italian export silver-gilt and malachite presentation centrepiece, of Saudi Arabian interest, modern the malachite base cast in silver-gilt with a pair of palm trees, three Arabs and a camel at camp, with the Saudi Arabian coat-of-arms applied to the front of the malachite base, on a marble base applied with a pierced gilt border, raised on four bun feet, stamped ‘925’, maker’s mark, 30cm high ; with double door satin-lined green presentation case, the hinged cover applied with the coat-of-arms of Saudi Arabia, 41,7cm high R40 000–50 000 211 A Russian silver Fiddle pattern soup ladle, maker’s mark HK, assay master Ivan Sergeyevich Lebedkin (active 1898-1914), Moscow 170g R4 000–6 000 212 79