Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

215 A silver chatelaine, 18th century and later the hook pierced with the initials ‘F M I’, suspending five chains hung with: a thimble in the form of a bucket, a pin wheel, a ribbon dispenser, an aide-memoire, a silver star, a pen-knife, a coin case, possibly Birmingham, 1899, and a circular disc inscribed ‘Jane Nixon 1760’, 205g all in, approximately 26,5cm long R5 000–7 000 216 A late Victorian silver basket, Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield, 1900 rectangular, incorporating outcurved handles and scroll terminals, the wirework frame with gadrooned rim on a conforming reeded base, 545g, 30,5cm wide over handles R3 000–4 000 217 An Edward VII silver-mounted glass claret jug, Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1902 the tapering faceted body with star-cut base, mounted with a scroll-shaped handle terminating in a vacant shield, with hinged cover and heart-shaped thumbpiece, the mount engraved with the initial ‘E’, the shell-shaped spout cast with the mask of Bacchus, 27,2cm high R8 000–10 000 215 216 217 91