Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

77 195 A Victorian five-piece silver tea and coffee service, Charles Stuart Harris, London, 1898 comprising: a teapot, coffee pot, hot water jug, two-handled sugar bowl and milk jug, each with baluster body embossed in relief with leaf scrolls and flowers enclosing c-scroll engraved and vacant cartouches, the teapot and coffee pot with hinged cover surmounted by a bird with foliage, c-scroll reeded handle with acanthus-leaf thumbpiece, the spouts moulded with bearded masks and swan necks, on acanthus-headed scroll feet, some restorations, 3820g all in, the coffee pot 26,5cm (5) R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 196 A pair of silver-plated wine coasters, 19th century each with foliate and c-scroll everted rim, turned wooden base centred by a boss engraved with a crest, 16,5cm diameter (2) R –  197 A Victorian silver kettle- on-stand, Jenkins & Timm, Sheffield, 1900 with fixed handle moulded with vacant cartouches, the body moulded in relief with a pair of vacant cartouches enclosed by flowers and foliage, mask and swan-neck spout, the hinged cover with bird finial, raised on a circular foot, the pierced stand fitted with spirit well and raised on three leaf-headed paw feet, 1425g all in, 40cm high R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 198 An Edward VII silver and enamelled glass-mounted dressing table decanter set, Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1900-1901 the pierced silver holder embossed with c-scrolls and foliage on a moulded circular open base, fitted with three divisions, each triangular bottle with hinged silver cover and stopper, enamelled with bands of green, yellow and red, engraved to the centre with initials ‘C’, ‘L’and ‘P’, the front of each glass body part-cut with printies, dents to the foot rim of the stand, the stand 75g, each bottle 11,2cm high (4) R –  195 196 197 198