Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

80 218 A Scottish silver epergne, Walter & Patrick Cunningham, Edinburgh, 1797 the detachable two-handled navette-shaped basket with beaded border, the shoulder pierced with a foliate frieze flanking an engraved crest, raised on an oval foot, the stand raised on four paw feet and headed with fox heads suspending festoons of grapevines united by a flame-shaped finial, the open framework with beaded collars, 35cmwide over handles, 1765g all in (2) R –  219 A pair of George III silver dinner dishes, Paul Storr, London, 1799 each rim engraved with a crest enclosed by a gadrooned border, 24,5cm diameter, 1145g all in (2) R –  220 A George III silver sugar basket, Nathaniel Smith & Co, Sheffield, 1800 of navette outline, the body pierced with lobed pales, raised on a spreading oval reeded foot, engraved with the initials ‘C’and ‘M’, with swing- handle, blue-glass liner, chips to the blue-glass liner, 13cmwide over handles, 120g (2) R –  218 219 220