Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

100 An Irish Old English pattern silver basting spoon, Michael Homer, Dublin, 1777 with engraved stem, the terminal with a crest, 100g ; and another, maker’s mark worn, Dublin, 1799, the bright-cut engraved stem headed by a cartouche enclosing the initials ‘H W. H. E’ beneath a six-pointed star, 110g (2) R5 000–6 000 101 A George III silver swing-handled cake basket, Robert Hennell I, London, 1792 oval, raised on a conforming foot, with reeded rims, pales and bright-cut engraved and stipple borders, the centre engraved with an armorial, reeded swing-handle, 885g, 37cm long R15 000–20 000 102 A George III silver hot water pot, John Edwards III, London, 1805 the tapering bulbous body engraved with an armorial and raised on a moulded shallow footrim, the domed cover with button-shaped finial, with undulating lip, T-shaped thumbpiece and bamboo-bound handle, footrimwith repairs, dent to the thumbpiece, 805g, 21cm high R8 000–10 000 100 102 101 43