Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

79 215 A George III silver coffee pot, maker’s initials W*, London, 1779 of baluster form, the body embossed with chinoiserie figures flanking open cartouches, with baskets of fruit, flowerheads and shells, the hinged domed cover surmounted by an oriental figure, with later leaf-capped scroll handle, raised on a spreading shell and foliate foot, 30,5cm high, 1155g R –  216 A George III silver coffee pot, WilliamTurton, London, 1785 the elongated baluster body with beaded borders, raised on a spreading domed stepped footrim, the side applied with later leaf-capped c-scroll wooden handle, with leaf-capped and stylized foliate spout, the hinged domed cover with urn-shaped finial, the front with a cartouche engraved ‘From the Owner’s of the SINCERITY to Captan Edw. Griffin, 1789’surmounted by a winged griffon, 33,5cm high, 835g R –  217 A George III silver tea urn, George Smith II, London, 1787 the ovoid body on a circular pedestal foot raised on a square base with four ball feet, with upswept reeded handles, body chased with swags, wrigglework and diaper borders between beaded bands, the front engraved with an armorial, the reverse with a crest, the reeded tap with ivory spigot, the detachable cover with urn-shaped finial, engraved with a crest, 33cm high, 955g R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 215 216 217

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