Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

56 138 14ct gold hunting cased keyless lever watch, JWC, No. 306718 matt gilt lever movement with wolf’s tooth winding, bi-metallic compensation balance, polished cuvette, enamel dial with arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, gilt hands, the case engraved with the initials ‘AK’, the inside cover engraved with an inscription ‘Fur Erinnerung an den 18 Oktober 1913 von Deiner Schnester Marie”, the movement stamped No. 285546 with the initials ‘JWC’, 42mm ; and an 18ct gold figaro chain , length approximately 420mm (2) R –  139 18ct gold hunting cased keyless watch, JW Benson, No. 866, Sheffield, 1909 the three-quarter gilt plate with nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, enamel dial with roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, with blued steel hands, the case, dial and movement signed , engine-turned case, the front with vacant cartouche, the gilt plate inscribed ‘J.W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London, BEST LONDON MAKE TO H.M. THE QUEEN’, 40mm R –  140 A gold mounted scent bottle, possibly French, late 19th century with engraved hinged cover and collar enclosing a glass stopper, the tapering body cut with printies to an oval footrim, chip to footrim, 10cm high R –  138 139 141 A Victorian gold sliding propelling pencil, Sampson Mordan & Co, London, late 19th century the barrel engraved with stylized foliage, the seal terminal inset with a yellow stone matrix, 12,3cm long; cased, retailed by T. West, Goldsmith, 48 Ladies Street, Near St Pauls R –  140