Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

204 An Irish silver Fiddle pattern fish slice, Thomas Meade, Dublin, 1835 the blade pierced with a fish and enclosed by a star-shaped border, with engraved foliate and wrigglework bands, the terminal engraved with a crest, 155g R4 000–6 000 205 A Scottish silver christening mug, Peter Aitken I, Glasgow, 1844 with reeded rims, the body engraved with scrolls against a stippled ground, engraved ‘Ailsa 11th October 1922’within a c-scroll cartouche, the side applied with c-scroll handle engraved with foliage and flowers, leaf-shaped thumbpiece and gilt interior, 200g, 9cm high R4 000–6 000 206 A pair of Victorian silver novelty spoons, James Charles Edington, London, 1849 each vine-encrusted stem headed by a mermaid terminal viewing herself in a hand-held mirror, the shaped gilt bowl engraved with a crest and initials, 155g all in (2) R4 000–6 000 207 A pair of Victorian silver entrée dishes and covers, Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1852 oval with beaded rims, the covers engraved with an armorial and a crest, applied ivory finial, each raised on plated stands, marked Elkington & Co, 1852, on cabriole legs with beaded leaf-headed paw feet united by a central circular open well, fitted with a covered burner cast with four stylised dragon supports, stamped ‘3’ and ‘4’, 1860g all in, 31cmwide (2) R12 000–15 000 * This lot is not suitable for export. 204 205 206 207 88