Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

36 73 A Victorian silver-gilt and enamel mounted ruby-glass double-end scent bottle, maker’s initials ‘HF’, London, 1859 with faceted body, one end with engraved screw top, the other with hinged top enclosing a glazed compartment, each top with applied enamel and silver-gilt plaque, traces of gilt, 13cm long ; and another, apparently unmarked, each top engraved with c-scrolls and flowerheads, hinged top faulty, 12,8cm long (2) R –  74 A Victorian silver-gilt- mounted amber-coloured glass double-end scent bottle, S Mordan & Co, London the body cut with printies and mounted with an engraved hinged top enclosing a spring-loaded glazed compartment, screw top to the opposite end enclosing a glass stopper, engraved S Mordan & Co, makers, 15cm long ; and a lime-green glass example, the tops engraved with scrolls and flowerheads centring a vacant oval cartouche, 13cm long (2) R –  75 A Victorian silver-gilt- mounted blue-glass vinaigrette and scent bottle, Sampson Mordan & Co, London, 1871 flask-shaped, the top with hinged cover, the base with hinged cover enclosing a gilt interior and pierced grille engraved with a basket of flowers, 9,2cm high R –  76 A Victorian gilt-metal- mounted novelty ‘binocular’ clear glass double-end scent bottle cut with printies, the centre with hinged portrait compartment, one end with screw top, the other hinged, 13,5cm long R –  73 74 75 76