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

98 THE LATE LADY INA OPPENHEIMER BLUE BIRD FARM COLLECTION LOTS 382–399 382 A Black Forest treen fox nutcracker, 19th century finely carved, with screw mechanism, chips, 20,5cm long R2 000 - 3 000 383 A treen nutcracker, 19th century carved with a hand clasping a walnut, 17,5cm long R2 000 - 3 000 384 A treen nutcracker, 19th century carved as a squirrel eating a nut, chips, 19,8cm long R2 000 - 3 000 385 A treen boxwood cheese scoop, early 18th century the handle naively carved in the form of a woman, her back engraved with the initials ‘SB’, 15,7cm high ; a treen fruitwood citrus fruit squeezer, 19th century, with arrowhead and turned handle, chips, 15cm long ; a treen shovel, 19th century, 14,5cm long ; a treen butter pat, 19th century, 14cm long ; a treen lignum vitae three- handled loving cup, 19th century, the waisted body carved with ferns, 3,8cm high ; and an Irish treen lignum vitae saucepan and cover, 19th century, the body carved with a harp and three-leaf clovers, the handle with a chip, 3cm high (6) R4 000 - 6 000 386 A treen lignum vitae spill vase, 19th century urn-shaped, with screw neck ring, concertina sides, raised on a ring- turned beaded stem, on a fluted fan-shaped base, 11,2cm high R2 500 - 3 000 387 A treen piqué boot snuff box, 19th century with sliding cover, 9,7cm long ; a treen shoe snuff box, 19th century, similar, 6cm long ; a treen lignum vitae tobacconist counter snuff box and cover, 18th/19th century, circular, 5cmdiameter ; and another, fruitwood, 18th/19th century, with turned cover, the base with pen and ink inscription, 3,3cmdiameter (4) R2 000 - 3 000 382 383 384 385 387 386