Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

260 A George I style carved gilt gesso three-fold mirror the central arched mirror with shell and foliate cresting against a scalework ground, the side mirrors similarly carved, raised on ball feet, 85cm high, 101,5cmwide, central plate 45cmwide, side plates 25cm eac h R15 000–20 000 259 A George III giltwood cartel clock, Edward Clarke, London the 25cm circular silvered dial signed Edw. Clarke, London, with roman and arabic numerals, with false pendulum aperture, pierced steel hands, the case carved with a rosette of fruit and flowers enclosed by a pierced rocaille and c-scroll border centred by a mask of Chronos, with fusee movement, restorations and not in working order, the reverse with label inscribed Mrs L Phillips, 102cm high, 67cmwide R25 000–30 000 PROVENANCE Sold: The Contents of Vergelegen, 1942, lot 304 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN | LOTS 259-271 259 260 103