Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

351 A Cape teak brass-bound waterbalie and stand, F B Bruwer, Robertson, late 19th/early 20th century oval, the hinged cover above tapering coopered sides applied with four brass bands, applied maker’s brass plaque , 53cm high, 49cmwide ; the associated teak stand raised on ring-turned baluster legs, 22,5cm high (2) R8 000–10 000 352 A Boer War prisoner of war fruitwood walking stick, 1902 with crook handle, the upper shaft incised ‘Ds. J.H. HOFMEYR, SOMERSET OOST, VAN H.M. BANNELING, P.A.’and the date ‘3.2.02.’ 90cm high R10 000–12 000 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr is recorded as a Minister who lived at the Old Parsonage Museum, Somerset East until 1908. Dominee Hofmeyr was exiled to Port Alfred during the Boer War in 1902. 353 A Boer War prisoner of war bone walking stick, St Helena, 1902 with hoof-shaped handle, the upper shaft inscribed ‘ST. HELENA 1902’, 81,5cm high ; and a Swiss walking stick, the handle mounted with a goat’s horn, the upper shaft with a goat’s hoof and hide, painted Flüelen , terminating in a steel cap and prong, 87cm high (2) R7 500–10 000 354-360 No Lots 352 353 351 137