Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

125 337 A carved fruitwood box, Fort Napier, 1914-1918 the hinged rectangular top carved with a stylized compass motif and centred by the initials ‘AH’, for Alwyn Hurter, enclosed by a zigzag and fan-shaped border, the front, sides and reverse similarly carved, the inside cover carved ‘IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY INTERNMENT, FORT NAPIER’, raised on four block feet, the lock-plate loose, 17cm high, 32,5cm wide, 17cm deep R –  338 A near pair of Cape yellowwood and pine wall cupboards, 19th century rectangular, each with a pair of part- glazed doors enclosing three shelves, 153cm high, 107,5cmwide, the larger 38,5cm deep (2) R –  337 339