Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

68 THE DR JR AND MARY STRONG COLLECTION OF SILVER LOTS 249–278 260 A George III silver cruet frame, Samuel Wood, London, 1760 with cinquefoil base, raised on four shell and scroll feet, with central shaped ring handle, the frame applied with a cartouche engraved with a coat-of- arms, fitted with three baluster-shaped casters and two cut-glass bottles with silver mounts, the casters and bottle mounts engraved with a crest, the base engraved ‘Mr Farquhar 16 St Jame’s Street London 1815’ , engraved scratch weights 38-16 and 1760, the bottle mounts unmarked, 30 cm high, 1995g all in (6) R  –   261 A pair of George III silver candlesticks, John Parker I & EdwardWakelin, London, 1762 each faceted baluster stem raised on a square base moulded with an egg-and- dart border, the slightly concave base chased with shells, c-scrolls and foliage, the detachable square sconces similarly moulded with egg-and-dart rims, each base with scratch weights ‘No. 1. 24-12’ and ‘No. 2. 25-8’, 23,5 cm high, 1510g all in (2) R  –   262 A pair of George III silver candlesticks, William Café, London, 1762 each knopped column raised on a square base with stylised palmette decoration and gadrooned rim, the detachable spool-shaped sconce with gadrooned-and-shell rim, 27,5 cm high, 1540g all in (2) R  –   263 A George III silver-gilt tea caddy, Louisa Courtauld, London, 1765 of bombé rectangular form, the waisted sides moulded with scrolls and foliage above a pale-and-dart band, with wavy reeded rim, raised on four pierced leaf- and-scroll feet, the domed cover with gadrooned rim and stylised foliate finial, 15 cm high, 355g R  –   264 George III shaped circular salver, Walter Tweedie, London, 1766 raised on three openwork foliate and scroll feet, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within a ribbon-tied foliate spray, the rim applied with an openwork chinoiserie border cast with pagodas, birds of paradise and seated oriental figures, 29,5 cm diameter, 1040g R  –   260 261 262 263 264