Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

129 351 A French silver sugar sifter, Claude Doutre Roussel, Paris, circa 1895 with pierced shell-shaped bowl, the stem with engine-turned decoration, 40g, cased and retailed by Berchon, Bijoutier, St Amand (Cher) R–  352 A pair of American Novelty sugar nips, Reed & Barton, early 20th century in George II taste, in the form of a harlequin, with serpent-shaped handles, the nips modelled as leaves, 45g R –  353 A Russian silver vodka set, Mikhail Fyodorovich Sokolov, Moscow, 1860-1890 comprising; a vodka bottle and stopper, five cups and a tray, each engraved with birds and sprays of flowers, the bottle and cups of hexagonal form, 22,5cm high, 745g all in (7) R –  354 A silver and hand-painted enamel cigarette case, with import marks for Russia, Moscow, 1908-1926 of rectangular outline, the front painted with a Gothic church, gilt interior, minor dents and overall scratches, 8,4cmwide R –  355 A Russian silver money box, with import marks for Russia, St Petersburg, 1882-1898 modelled as a Gladstone bag, the hammered hinged cover with aperture, flanked by a pair of raised handles, the reverse with moulded vacant oval cartouche, raised on four circular feet, dents, 8cmwide, 160g R –  351 352 353 354 355