Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

35 10ct gold necklace the two-tone rope-twist chain set to a clasp in the form of a hand with a turquoise ring, length approximately 800mm R12 000–15 000 36 Ruby and gold ‘hand’ clasp the hand entwined with a serpent, the cuff channel-set with a double row of rubies, length approximately 37mm R1 200–1 500 37 A Victorian silver-gilt novelty propelling pencil, Sampson Mordan & Co, circa 1842 in the form of a hand, with ornate cuff and collet-set ruby ring, the terminal inlaid with a citrine, engraved ‘S.MORDAN AUG 3 1842 No 1390’, the citrine with damage, length approximately 51mm fully extended ; three ‘hand’ stickpins, formerly clasps; a ‘hand’clasp; an ivory and gilt ‘hand’pendant; a ‘hand’pendant; and a pendant in the form of a ewer (8) R6 000–8 000 38 18ct gold ring the brushed gold band with a flat table applied with the model of a hand adorned with an emerald ‘ring’to the index finger and foliate channel-set ruby cuff, size H½ ; and a ‘hand’brooch, with an old-cut diamond ‘ring’, the anthemion-fringed cuff set with an emerald and old-cut diamond band, the diamonds weighing a total of approximately 0.25 to 0.30 carat, width approximately 31mm (2) R10 000–12 000 35 36 38 37 part lot 26