Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

129 351 A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl and cover, Daniel Heinrich Schmidt, late 18th/early 19th century the sides applied with a pair of twist-turned handles with flowerhead terminals, raised on a circular footrim, the domed cover with foliate finial, 10cm high, 300g R –  LITERATURE Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p. 100 where a similar example is illustrated. 351 352 352 A rare Cape silver chatelaine purse, Marthinus Lourens Smith, late 18th/ early 19th century the pierced gable-shaped hinged frame engraved with wrigglework, with button-shaped clasp, surmounted by a bolt-and-ring fitting to a hook-shaped handle, 10,3cmwide, 65g R –  LITERATURE Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, maker’s marks on p. 153.