Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

393 392 392 A Victorian silver four-piece tea service, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1896 comprising: a hot water pot, a teapot, a two-handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, each with indented corners, the body engraved with initials enclosed within foliate swags, flowerheads and scrolling foliage, the shoulders similarly engraved, the sides applied with a harp-shaped handle, the covers surmounted by an engraved finial, on a conforming spreading foot, splits, dents, stamped Reg No. 114771 and 114772, the hot water pot 23,1cm high, 1895g all in (4) R15 000 - 20 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 393 A Victorian assembled five-piece silver tea service, William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman retailed by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co, London, 1898-1899 comprising: a teapot, a hot water pot, a kettle-on-stand, a two- handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, each moulded in relief with c-scroll vacant cartouches to one side and engraved with initials to the other, enclosed by foliage and flowerheads, the sides applied with leaf-capped scroll handles, the spout with masks terminating in a bird’s head, the cover surmounted by an eagle-shaped finial, raised on pierced, scrolled and beaded bracket feet, the kettle- on-stand with conforming stand, dents, stamped 1504 Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, 112 Regent St, London, W5 and 6, the kettle-on-stand 36cm high, dents, 3715g all in (5) R25 000 - 30 000 *This lot is not suitable for export PROVENANCE Presentation to Sir Frederick de Waal, First Admiral of the Cape. Previously owned by Lady Catherine de Waal. 394 102