Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

70 THE DR JR AND MARY STRONG COLLECTION OF SILVER LOTS 249–278 267 A George III silver-gilt snuffbox, John Robins, London 1806 rectangular, the engine-turned hinged cover centred by a cartouche engraved with a crest, gilt interior, conforming sides and base, 6,8 cmwide, 73,2g R  –   268 A George III silver snuffbox, Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London, 1808 rectangular, the hinged cover, sides and base with engine-turned decoration, gilt interior, 7,7 cmwide, 91g ; and another, JosephWillmore, Birmingham, 1810, oblong with reeded body, the hinged cover with plain thumbpiece and gilt interior, 6,8 cmwide, 53g (2) R  –   269 A George III silver nutmeg grater, Thomas & James Phipps, London, 1815 oval, the hinged cover with vacant shield-shaped cartouche enclosed by later flowerheads, with a steel rasp, the front, sides and base engraved with trailing flowers and foliage, hinged base, 4,8 cmwide, 47,5g ; and a George IV silver nutmeg grater, Thomas Shaw, Birmingham, 1829, rectangular, the reeded cover applied with a rectangular plaque engraved with the initials HS, foliate thumbpiece, steel rasp, reeded sides and hinged base, 5,3 cmwide, 60,5g (2) R  –   270 A George IV silver snuff box, Joseph Taylor, Birmingham, 1826 rectangular, the engine-turned hinged cover with vacant plaque enclosed by a foliate border incorporating a thumbpiece, engine- turned sides and base, gilt interior, 8 cmwide, 107,5g R  –   271 AWilliam IV silver table snuff box, JosephWillmore, Birmingham, 1832 the rectangular hinged cover and sides embossed with flowers and scrolling foliage enclosing a vacant cartouche, with moulded engine- turned base, gilt interior, 9,6 cmwide, 185g R  –   272 AWilliam IV silver castle-top vinaigrette of Abbotsford House, Joseph Taylor & John Perry, Birmingham, 1835 rectangular, the hinged cast cover with foliate borders, the base with engine-turned decoration enclosing a rectangular vacant cartouche, the gilt interior with pieced and engraved foliate grille, 4,5 cmwide, 33,5g R  –   267 268 269 270 271 272