Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

71 THE DR JR AND MARY STRONG COLLECTION OF SILVER LOTS 249–278 275 A Victorian silver nutmeg grater, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1849 of oval section, with reeded hinged cover and side, concealed steel rasp, 7 cm high, 65,5g R  –   276 A pair of Sheffield plate wine coasters, 19th century each with ribbed sides moulded with fruiting vines, turned wooden base centred by a boss, 16,6 cm diameter (2) R  –   277 A late Victorian silver Monteith punch bowl, James Dixon & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, 1901 the body moulded with stylised leaves, with crenellated rim highlighted with strap-work, above a neoclassical band cast with lions flanking fountains and floral garlands, raised on a domed circular footrim similarly decorated, the base engraved ‘X79N, H4774’, 36,5 cm high, 1320g R  –   278 A pair of Elizabeth II silver candlesticks, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1957 each George III style, raised on a square-shaped base with shell corners, tapering knopped stem and reeded spool-shaped socket, detachable nozzle, the base stamped ‘ENGLAND’, loaded, 29 cm high (2) R  –   273 A Victorian silver snuffbox, Thomas Shaw, Birmingham, 1839 rectangular, the hinged cover and base engraved with foliate scrolls within a zig-zag border, gilt interior, 5,3 cmwide, 37,5g ; and another, Edward Shaw, Birmingham, 1845, rectangular with wavy border, the hinged cover with a vacant cartouche enclosed by foliate scrolls, wavy thumbpiece, the sides and base similarly engraved, 6 cmwide, 61,5g (2) R  –   274 A Victorian silver table snuff box, Edward Edwards II, London, 1844 rectangular, with engine-turned cover, sides and base, the hinged cover with a presentation inscription, Presented to Mr James Thomas Hulme, by the Collectors of the Districts of Holborn & Finsbury, As a Token of Respect, enclosed by a moulded foliate and scroll border, the front with moulded foliate thumbpiece, 8,5 cmwide, 180g R  –   273 274 275 276 277 278