Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

266 A pair of George III style mahogany side chairs, early 20th century each with curved top-rail carved with acanthus leaves centring a flowerhead, the corners with scrolls above a pierced splat, upholstered seat, on acanthus- leaf-carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet (2) R6 000–8 000 267 A Victorian Staffordshire part tea set each painted with cartouches of landscapes within gilt diaper borders against a green ground, with wavy gilt rim and line borders, comprising: thirteen tea-cups, twelve coffee cups, twelve saucers, a covered sugar bowl, a slop bowl and two cake plates, some gilding loss, hairline cracks, the cake plates 24cm diameter, the sugar bowl 12,5cm high (41) R1 500–2 000 268 A Victorian mahogany and brass-bound military chest-on-chest the upper half with two short drawers above a long drawer, the lower half with two graduated long drawers, the sides applied with carrying-handles, on block feet, label inscribed S Findlay Twill, Johannesburg, 94cm high, 97,5cmwide, 47,5cm deep R20 000–25 000 267 268 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN | LOTS 259-271 107