Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

63 140 A Victorian silver surgeon’s etui, George Cowie, London, 1865 the tapering hinged sides moulded in relief with three bands of flowerheads, engine-turned body with vacant rectangular plaque, the interior with six divisions each fitted with a pivoting mother-of-pearl-handled and steel knife, the blades engraved ‘SAVIGNY & CO, 67 ST JAMES’ ST, LONDON’, 6,5cm high, the case 35g (7) R –  141 A pair of Victorian silver comports, Fenton Brothers, Sheffield, 1875 each lobed bowl with beaded rim, the centre embossed with fruit and foliage, raised on a tapering footrim moulded with flowerheads, leaves and scrolls, the taller 13,8cm high, 1155g all in (2) R –  140 141