Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

67 178 A Victorian brass two-handled Imperial Gallon measure, for ‘Oranje Vry Staat’, dated 1875, by Potter, London inscribed ‘IMPERIAL GALLON, ORANJE VRY STAAT, 1875, POTTER, LONDON’, 19cm high R –  179 A George III mahogany and brass-bound watercolour and drawing case, W.J. Reeves & Woodyer, London, England, 1800-1816 the rectangular hinged cover inset with a shield-shaped brass cartouche, enclosing compartments, fitted with a marble mixing tray, later glass water bowl, detachable paint tray including thirty labelled compartments and various watercolour cakes, four porcelain mixing dishes, with later paintbrush, the front with frieze drawer, brass-bound corners, original paper labels, some damage to the cakes, 8,5cm high, 37,8cmwide, 24cm deep (Qty) R –  180 An Edwardian brass, rosewood and red tortoiseshell Boulle-style marquetry five-piece desk set, retailed by J.C. Vickery, Regent Street, London comprising: a letter box with five compartments, a document holder and cover, a letter-sized portfolio and a quill tray with a pair of glass inkwells, engraved with the initials ‘WML’, the letter box 20cm high, the portfolio 26cmwide (5) R –  * This lot is not suitable for export James Collard Vickery fl. 1890-1930 178 179 180