Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

85 233 AWilliam IV silver snuff box, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1833 the hinged rectangular cover with foliate borders, reeded sides and base, gilt interior, 8,3cmwide, 130g R –  234 An early Victorian silver coffee pot, Benjamin Smith III, London, 1840 the baluster body chased with stylized flowers and leaves enclosing a vacant cartouche, the loop-shaped handle with flowerhead thumbpiece, the hinged cover with conforming decoration and flowerhead finial, engraved ‘ B.SMITH, DUKE ST, LINN INN FIELDS’ with scratch weights ‘22’, 22cm high, 670g R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 235 A Scottish silver coffee pot, James McKay V, Edinburgh, 1850 the octagonal baluster body engraved with panels of foliage and vacant c-scroll cartouches, on a conforming domed stepped foot, with leaf-capped double c-scroll handle, the hinged cover with pagoda-shaped finial, 33cm high, 695g R –  233 234 235