Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

112 405 A Colonial Dutch satinwood, tulipwood, ebony and kingwood parquetry side table, 18th century the rectangular top centring an oval panel with corner spandrels outlined in banding and decorative stringing, the edge and sides in parquetry, above the fluted frieze centring an inset vignette of sailing ships in a bay, banding and corner paterae, on square tapering legs, restorations, 72,5 cm high, 93,5 cmwide, 56,5 cm deep R  –   cf. A similar table is in the Study at Groot Constantia homestead (no 94 in the inventory), and was damaged during the fire in 1925 in which the vignette drawing was destroyed. A similar example was sold in Cape Town, The Herbert Prins Collection, 21 October 1997, lot 78. 406 A Cape stinkwood and yellowwood cupboard, late 18th century the moulded outset two-plank top above a pair of panelled doors enclosing four later adjustable shelves, panelled sides, raised on cabriole legs and pad feet, 110 cm high, 115 cmwide, 57 cm deep R  –  