Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

93 253 A George VI silver biscuit barrel, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London, 1936 cylindrical with reeded rim, the detachable cover with ivory finial, the base engraved ‘THE GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LD, 112 REGENT STREET.W’, 12cm high, 440g (2) R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 254 An Elizabeth II silver and silver- gilt novelty surprise mushroom, Christopher Nigel Lawrence, London, 1979 with detachable domed textured mushroom cap, the bulbous silver gilt stem with a rim of stylized leaves, the detachable cover enclosing a scene depicting a woodland Christmas dinner with an elf and fairy seated at a trestle table wearing party hats and pulling a cracker, raised on a slate base, 10cm high R –  255 A large engraved glass hunting goblet, first quarter 19th century engraved with a huntsman astride his horse attended by his hounds in pursuit of a fox in a wood, with engraved lozenge border, raised on a baluster stepped stem and circular foot, 22cm high R –  253 254 255