Strauss & co - 10 - 11 May 2020, Cape Town

378 A Colonial hardwood gentleman’s wardrobe, 19th century in two parts , the outset pediment carved with foliate and key-fret bands above a pair of panelled doors enclosing three drawers and three open shelves, the lower half with a pair of deep drawers above a long drawer, on bracket feet, some losses, restorations, 185cm high, 130cmwide, 63cm deep R15 000 - 20 000 379 A Colonial padouk and silver-mounted deeds box, 1751 the hinged top surmounted by a petal-shaped and ring handle, the sides applied with scrolled carrying-handles, the latch of the lock-plate engraved “1751”, on a later plinth base, raised on later flat bun feet, the interior with later presentation plaque inscribed “A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FROMWOMEN OF PRETORIA 5. 12. 1932”, 12,2cm high, 29,3cmwide, 22,4cm deep R12 000 - 15 000 381 378 380 A Colonial Indian silver waiter, John Hunt, Calcutta, 1808-1815 circular, with reeded rim, the centre engraved with a crest, raised on three ball feet, dents, 16,5cm diameter, 210g ; and another, apparently unmarked, similar but larger, 19,6cm diameter, 285g (2) R6 000 - 8 000 381 A Colonial Indian silver ice bucket, maker’s initial ‘R’, 19th century the tapering cylindrical body engraved with a crest and initials between bands of reeding, the sides applied with a swing-handle, gilt interior, 10,5cm high excluding handle, 465g R7 000 - 9 000 PROVENANCE Stephan Welz & Co. in association with Sotheby’s, Cape Town, 17 & 18 October 2006, lot 864. LITERATURE cf. Wynyard R. T. Wilkinson (1973) Indian Colonial Silver, European Silversmiths in India (1790-1860) and their Marks , London: Argent Press, illustrated on page 111, illustration A145. 379 380 97