Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

103 282 A Dutch silver covered box, maker’s initials ‘PRV’, Amsterdam, 18th century rectangular, the rims with beaded border, the hinged cover chased with stylised foliate and geometric motifs, the centre engraved with a flowerhead, the front engraved with the initials ‘DVR’ , the cover engraved ‘Presented to me in token of remembrance by Mrs Daniel van Renen, whose late husband died at my house, Swellendam, on the 21st August 1842, Thos Barry’, 7,9cm high, 15,4cmwide, 555g R –  This box was presented by Cornelia Arnoldina Deneys, at the death of her husband in 1842. The box was presented to Thomas Barry, the husband of Daniel van Renen’s niece, Aletta Catharina. 283 A brass Imperial Half Gallon measure, Govt. of the Transvaal, 1889 inscribed ‘IMPERIAL HALF GALLON, GOVτ OF THE TRANSVAAL, 1889’, 15cm high R –  284 A brass Cape of Good Hope Imperial Half Pint measure, De Grave & Co, London, 1896 inscribed ‘IMPERIAL HALF PINT, GOVτ OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1896, DE GRAVE & CO, LONDON’, 9cm high ; and a brass Cape of Good Hope Imperial Gill measure, 1877, inscribed ‘IMPERIAL GILL, GOVτ OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1877’, 7cm high (2) R –  282 283 284