Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

245 A Victorian silver-mounted glass inkwell, John Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham, 1899, retailed by J C Vickery, 181 and 183 Regent Street, London the square glass body with well, canted sides and cut- glass base, with hinged silver cover and later liner, chip to one corner, 10,5cm square R3 000–4 000 246 An Edward VII silver dish ring, Carrington & Co, London, 1901, retailed by Carrington & Co, London, 130 Regent Street the waisted body pierced with a chinoiserie figure, birds, a deer, flowerheads, c-scrolls, foliage and a vacant cartouche, the similar detachable upper ring with wavy rim, 425g, 16,8cm diameter R6 000–8 000 247 Six Edward VII silver and enamel liqueur cups, Mappin & Webb Ltd, Birmingham, 1907 each bowl raised on a trifurcated stem, to a spreading circular foot enamelled with a blue floral motif, gilt interior, some enamel loss, 155g all in, 8,7cmhigh (6) R1 000–1 500 248 A set of twelve Edward VII silver and enamel teaspoons, Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1908 and 1909 each stem enamelled with a month of the year and seasonal flowers, 120g all in ; cased (12) R3 000–4 000 249 A pair of Edward VII silver casters, Lambert & Co, London, 1909 each baluster body chased and embossed with alternating mask-heads and vacant oval cartouches united by floral swags, raised on a pierced spreading foot with c-scrolls, shells and wave pattern decoration, the detachable cover with reed-and- ribbon rim beneath four pierced foliate panels headed by shells, with urn-shaped finial, gilt interior, 1410g all in, 24,3cm high (2) R10 000–15 000 246 248 249 99