Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

78 211 Three George I Britannia standard silver Old English pattern spoons, John Hopkins, London, 1721 -1724 each later chased and moulded with fruit, the stems engraved with geometric motifs and a crest; another, Isaac Dalton, London, date mark indistinct ; and a George III silver sugar sifter, Peter & Ann Bateman, London, 1791, with pierced shell-shaped bowl, 300g all in; cased (5) R –  212 A George II silver coffee pot, Thomas Whipham, London, 1751 the tapering body moulded with flower, c-scroll and diaper borders, the body engraved with an armorial to the front and a crest to the reverse, with swan-shaped spout, the side applied with leaf- capped wooden double c-scroll handle, the hinged stepped domed cover with acorn finial, raised on a spreading circular footrim, 24,5cm high, 840g R –  213 A George II silver tankard, Fuller White, London, 1755 of baluster form with flared rim, the side applied with leaf-capped scroll handle, on a spreading circular footrim, the base engraved with the initials ‘BIM, JB’, 11,5cm high, 320g R –  214 A George III silver sugar sifter, Matthew Boulton & John Fothergill, Birmingham, 1778 the stem engraved with foliate motifs enclosing a vacant cartouche, the shell-shaped bowl embossed with apples and berries; another, Hester Bateman, London, 1771, with wavy rim, the bowl embossed with fruit; a George III silver pierced condiment ladle, Peter & Ann Bateman, London, 1796, with gilt bowl; and an Edwardian silver sugar sifter, Williams Ltd, Birmingham, 1906, 155g all in (4) R –  211 212 213 214