Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

* 114 An assembled George IV three-piece silver tea set, Thomas & George Hayter, London, 1826 the teapot with a part gadrooned body engraved ‘REO’, raised on four paw and anthemion feet, with shell, acanthus-leaf and gadrooned rims, the reeded leaf- capped and shell handle with ivory fillets, the hinged cover with petal-form finial, 880g, 14cm high; the two-handled sugar bowl and milk jug similarly decorated, raised on rose-headed paw feet, with acorn, acanthus and scroll handles, gilt interiors, 800g all in, the sugar bowl 21cm wide over handles (3) *Please note that this lot is not suitable for export . R9 000–12 000 115 A pair of William IV silver salts, William Bateman II, London, 1832 each trumpet-shaped flowerhead raised on a leafy stem, 245g all in, 5,8cm high (2) R4 000–6 000 116 An early Victorian silver sugar basket, Charles Reilly & George Storer, London, 1839 the pierced frame applied with a fruiting vine, the pierced swing-handle with flowerheads, raised on a spreading stepped domed foot with reeded rim and engraved border, 345g, 17,4cm high, 14,2cm diameter ; later blue glass liner R6 000–8 000 Various properties 114 115 116 117 117 A Victorian silver milk jug, Benjamin Smith III, London, 1841 the lobed body engraved with a crest, raised on a conforming foot, the rim with c-scroll and foliate border, with leaf-capped handle, the hinged cover with flowerhead finial, the base engraved ‘B.SMITH DUKE ST LINn INN FIELDS’, 335g, 19,2cm high R6 000–8 000 46