Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

63 168 A Victorian silver christening mug, James & Nathaniel Creswick, Sheffield, 1857 the faceted body moulded with alternating figures representing the Four Seasons below an engraved stylised border, to a hammered ground, raised on four curved beaded and scroll feet headed by shells, the side applied with beaded and leaf-capped double c-scroll handle, silver-gilt interior, dents, 10cm high, 230g R –  169 A Victorian silver sauceboat, Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1877 the rim moulded with egg-and-dart border, the waisted body engraved with the initial ‘R’ , the side applied with leaf-capped double c-scroll foliate handle, raised on three zoomorphic and acanthus-leaf feet, dents, 10,3cmwide, 420g R –  170 A Victorian silver-mounted glass claret jug, Charles Edwards, London, 1890 moulded in relief with flowerheads, c-scrolls and foliage, the collar with double shield-shaped vacant cartouches, the base of the spout moulded with a mask, the hinged domed cover with acorn finial, the side applied with leaf- capped beaded handle engraved with geometric motifs, the glass body cut with foliage and scrolls enclosing cartouches engraved with a diaper border, the centre with silver-mounted flowerhead border, raised on a star-cut glass base with lobed silver footrim, 32,5cm high R –  168 169 170