Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

72 178 A George III silver two- handled sugar bowl and milk jug, maker’s mark indistinct, London, 1801 each part-engraved body headed by a crest, the rim with rope and wrigglework borders, with applied reeded handles, gilt interior, 475g all in, the sugar bowl 18,8cmwide over handles (2) R –  179 A George III silver-mounted glass biscuit barrel, Richard Cook, London, 1805 oval, the arched open framework set to a stand with gadrooned border and leaf-scroll handles, raised on four bracket and bun feet, the detachable glass liner cut with bands of printies and star-cut base, the conforming gadrooned cover with lion-paw finial heighlighted with a crescent moon and a rosette, 720g weighable silver, 17,2cm high R –  180 A George III silver hot water jug, S C Younge & Co, Sheffield, 1818 of baluster form, moulded in relief with diagonal panels of alternating fruit and beaded bosses, raised on a domed circular foot with a bead-and-reel border, the hinged cover with a bud finial enclosed by gadrooned, bead- and-reel borders, the side applied with a cane- wrapped scroll handle, 855g all in, 30cm high R –  181 A George IV silver toast rack, marker’s initials WE, possibly William Edwards, London, 1820 the double-arched open frame headed by a leaf and reeded handle, the frame with gadrooned border, the corners with shell and acanthus leaves, raised on four shell, scroll and paw feet, 430g, 15,5cm high R –  178 179 180 181