Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

310 Muriel Rycroft SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH CENTURY Queen Elizabeth II signed and dated 1955 oil on board 100 by 74,5cm excluding frame; 126 by 94 by 6,5cm including frame R -  Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wearing the insignia and robes of the Most Noble Order of the Garter 1956, after Pietro Annigoni’s photograph, This England: Spirit of England - Monarchy 311 A Chippendale style flame mahogany breakfront bookcase, early 20th century the carved pagoda top with pierced fret gallery above a frieze of blind fret, a pair of gothic glazed doors below enclosing four glass shelves, flanked by glazed doors enclosing four glass shelves, mirrored back, the base with a pair of doors applied with egg-and-dart and foliate moulding, enclosing a shelf, flanked to either side by four graduating drawers, on carved ogee bracket feet, fitted for electricity, distress to fretwork gallery, 260cm high, 213cmwide, 54cm deep R  -   * The glassware is not included with this lot PROVENANCE Sold: Sotheby’s, Cape Town, The Contents of Nederberg, 19 and 20 April, 1982, lot 85 311 312 310 108