Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

70 171 A George I silver pap boat, Peter Archambo I, London, 1721 60g, 11,5cm long R –  172 A George II silver cake basket, John Hugh le Sage, London, 1755 oval, the everted pierced rim moulded with masks, flowerheads, acanthus leaves and c-scrollwork, the sides pierced with stylised trees and quatrefoil decoration, the s-shaped swing bail handle with dolphin heads, on four volute feet headed by cherub masks, armorial removed, 2285g, 33cmwide over handle R –  See Arthur G. Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, pp.124-125, illus. 1680. 173 A George III silver coffee pot, Francis Butty & Nicholas Dumee, London, 1765 the baluster body embossed with flowerheads, foliage, c-scrolls and a cartouche engraved with an armorial, swan neck spout, the domed cover with later wooden pineapple finial and scroll handle, raised on a conforming spreading foot, scratch weights 36”14, inscribed ‘The gift of JE’, 1135g all in, 28,5cm high R –  174 A George III silver coffee pot, maker’s initials BM, London, 1765 of baluster form, embossed with flowers, foliage and sheaves of wheat, the cover with gadrooned rim similarly embossed, bud-and-bead finial, later composite handle, raised on a domed stepped conforming base, dents, 1050g all in, 27cm high R –  171 172 173 174