Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

59 147 A French gilt-metal-mounted porcelain covered box, probably Samson, 19th century the domed cover and front painted with chinoiserie cartouches enclosed by a stippled blue ground, restored, 9cm high, 15cmwide ; another, Samson, Paris, late 19th century, painted in the Chinese manner, the cover with an armorial, the sides with flowers and bianco-sopra-bianco highlights, 3cm high, 4,5cm diameter ; a French ‘Sèvres’ gilt-metal-mounted porcelain box and cover, the domed cover painted with a cartouche of summer flowers, enclosed by gilt and blue borders, overpainted pseudo-Sèvres blue-glazed mark, 3,5cm high, 14,5cmwide ; and another French example, the domed cover painted with a spray of summer flowers enclosed by a maroon ground with gilt highlights, iron-red inscription to the base, 4cm high, 10,5cmwide (4) R –  148 A French metal-mounted faience box and cover, Joseph Hannong, Strasbourg, circa 1770-1775 of wavy outline, the cover painted with a bird perched on a blossoming branch against a cream ground, the body painted with insects and rural scenes, underglaze- blue-painted initials ‘IH 23’, one hinge is loose, 5,7cm high, 10,5cmwide R –  149 A gilt-metal-mounted porcelain box and cover, 19th century in the Meissen style, of bombé outline, the cover painted with a courting couple enclosed by a gilt and pink diaper border, the base painted with sprays of summer flowers, underglaze-blue crossed-swords mark, 5,4cm high, 10cmwide R –  150 Two gilt-metal-mounted and enamel oval boxes and covers, early 19th century each painted with pastoral scenes enclosed by c-scroll gilt borders against an apple-green ground, both with restorations, the taller 4cm high, 18,5cmwide ; a Staffordshire gilt-metal-mounted enamel box and cover, inscribed ‘The Hobby Horse’and with two gentlemen on their bicycles, the body and base enamelled in yellow, restored, 2,5cm high, 4,5cmwide ; and a gilt-metal-mounted enamel box and cover, possibly Bilston, the hinged cover painted with the proverb ‘A Sound Conscience Is A Wall of Brass’, the body and base enamelled in blue, restored, 2cm high, 4,5cmwide (4) R –  147 150 149 148