Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

65 174 A pair of George V silver-gilt tazzas, Hunt & Roskell Ltd, London, 1915 each circular dish with a double beaded border, the pierced rim moulded with alternating putti and masks enclosed by scrolling vines and foliage, the centre moulded in relief with a scene of putti in a river before a mountainous landscape, the dish supported by a column composed of four mask-headed zoomorphic feet enclosing a hooded elf with a cane, the domed oval base engraved in relief with a scene of birds, the base with gadrooned and double beaded borders, the base of the footrim engraved ‘HUNT & ROSKELL LTD, LATE STORR & MORTIMER, 3280’, restorations, 14cm high, 18,5cm diameter, 1590g all in (2) R –  175 A George V silver coffee pot, Mappin &Webb Ltd, London, 1918 the fluted body moulded with stylised foliage, the side applied with ebonised leaf-capped double c-scroll handle, on a spreading foot moulded with pales and c-scrolls, the hinged domed cover with bud-shaped finial, engraved ‘MAPPIN & WEBB LTD’, repairs, 28,5cm high, 775g R –  174 175