Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

369 A pair of cast George II silver candlesticks, John Cafe, London, 1751 each on a shaped circular spreading base, chased with scrolls, fluting and quilting, rising to a knopped baluster stem with conforming decoration and spool-form socket with removable quilted nozzles, the bases engraved with initials, splits, dents, holes, 25cm high, 1675g all in (2) R25 000 - 30 000 PROVENANCE Purchased from Templar’s (Pty) Ltd, Benmore Gardens, Sandton, 16 January 1979. 370 A George II silver sauceboat, John Swift, London, 1763 the helmet-shaped body with gadrooned rim, the side applied with a leaf-capped scroll handle, the body engraved with an armorial, on a conforming spreading foot, repair, 14,2cm high, 505g ; and a George III silver sauceboat, John Hawkins, London, possibly 1817, similar, dent, 16cm high, 555g (2) R10 000 - 12 000 PROVENANCE Purchased from Adams Antiques (Pty) Ltd, 97 Harrison Street, Johannesburg, 27 July 1979. 371 A George III silver chamberstick, Elizabeth Cooke, London, 1768 the shaped base engraved with a crest, gadrooned border, the side applied with a leaf-capped handle, centred by a pierced central support with drip-pan, detachable cone-shaped extinguisher with conforming engraving, raised on three outswept shell feet, repair, minor dents, 11cm high, 265g all in R2 500 - 3 000 PROVENANCE Purchased from Mary Cooke Antiques, 1 Barnes Hill Street, London, SW13, 22 September 1978. 372 A George III silver inkstand, Burrage Davenport, London, 1777 the pierced oval frame with beaded borders centred by three conforming pierced bottle holders with an associated ink pot, waiver pot and pounce pot, the tray engraved with initials, raised on four claw-and-ball feet, dents, chips, the waiver, pounce and ink pot mounts unmarked, the stand 19,7cm long, 745g all in (4) R5 000 - 7 000 PROVENANCE Sold: Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, 17 March 1978, lot 334. 369 370 371 372 373 373 A set of sixteen George III ‘Old English Bead’ pattern silver dinner spoons, Hester Bateman, London, 1778 each terminal engraved with a crest, 1105g all in ; and a cased set of six George IV silver ‘Old English’pattern teaspoons, William Bateman II, London, 1829, each terminal engraved with the initials AHM within an oval stippled engraved cartouche, retailed by COLLINGWOOD, 46 Conduit St, W1, 65g all in (22) R8 000 - 10 000 PROVENANCE Sold: Stephan Welz & Company, in Association with Sotheby’s, The Kynnersley House sale, Johannesburg, 12 October 1988, lot 84 (the sixteen George III ‘Old English Bead’pattern silver dinner spoons, Hester Bateman, London, 1778). Purchased from Presents Co. Ltd., 75 & 76 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork, 17 July 1979 (a cased set of six George IV silver ‘Old English’ pattern teaspoons, William Bateman II, London, 1829). 96