Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

126 339 A Dutch pierced silver basket, makers initials ‘J.P.H ’, Amsterdam, possibly 1840, .833 standard the oval flared pierced framework with crescent-shaped rim flanking a pair of angels, the body with geometric and foliate borders, raised on four leaf-headed scroll feet, the base with stiff-leaf-and-ribbon border, 37,5cmwide, 1005g R –  340 An Austro-Hungarian silver basket, Vienna, first quarter 19th century, with import marks for Poland oval with engraved swing handle, the pierced body with arched panels of berries and leaves above a band of pales, on a conforming spreading foot, 18cmwide over handles, 255g R –  341 A pair of Austrian silver Sabbath candlesticks, Vienna, 1856, with import marks for Poland post 1914, .800 standard each baluster stem with flared nozzle divided by bands of stylized foliage, the domed stepped base engraved with foliate bands and the initials ‘B.B’, loaded, 22cm high (2) R –  342 An Austro-Hungarian silver pierced condiment ladle, with marks for Henry Holland, London, 1869 with twist-turned-and-rope handle, the terminal moulded with a bust of Bacchus, the wavy silver-gilt bowl later pierced; and a Victorian silver pierced condiment ladle, Henry Holland, London, 1877, Apostle terminal, with gilt bowl and Apostle, 95g all in (2) R –  339 340 341 342