Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

236 A rare Victorian silver vinaigrette, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1843 shaped rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with classical buildings, with applied foliate thumbpiece, engraved sides, the base engraved with the initials ‘RW’enclosed by scrolling foliage, gilt interior, hinged pierced foliate grille, 30g, 4cmwide R5 000–7 000 237 A Victorian silver sugar basket, George John Richards & Edward Charles Brown, London, 1858 urn-shaped, the foliate pierced body with vacant cartouche, raised on a moulded floriform domed foot, with pierced swing- handle, 245g, 15cmwide over handle; with later damaged blue glass liner R5 000–7 000 * 238 A Victorian silver ‘Armada‘ claret jug, James Charles Edington, London 1855 the body chased with winged mermaids and mermen flanking vacant cartouches with mask heads, amidst scrolls and foliage, the front modelled in relief with a lion’s head, the cover with articulated handle lever with ivory fillets, the spout engraved with a crest, the neck with lappet and leaf borders, raised on a conforming domed spreading foot, impressed ‘1244, H’ and registration mark for 21 August 1851, 1110g all in, 35cm high * Please note that this lot is not suitable for export R15 000–20 000 236 238 237 238 detail 96