Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

254 A mahogany gilt-metal- mounted table clock, Dent & Co, London, 19th century the 11cm silvered chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and Arabic minutes numerals, inscribed ‘Dent, 61 Strand, London, 44047’, subsidiary ‘Strike/Silent’dial, the whole against a gilt engine-turned ground, the movement striking the full, half and quarter hours on four spiral gongs, the minaret-shaped top surmounted by an urn-shaped finial, the sides with fretwork panels moulded with scrolls and musical instruments, the arched glazed door surmounted by a foliate cresting, the canted corners with foliate scrolls headed by flaming finials, raised on a conforming stepped base applied with a plaque inscribed PRESENTED TO H.H. WAINWRIGHT ESQ. By a number of Political Friends in recognition of the valuable services rendered by him to the CONSERVATIVE CAUSE during Five Years Presidentship of the BLACKPOOL CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, MAY 15th 1888, pierced foliate apron, raised on scrolled acanthus-leaf bracket feet, 45cm high R20 000 - 25 000 255 David Botha SOUTH AFRICAN 1921-1995 Rainy Days (82 Main Street, Paarl) signed and dated ‘91 oil on canvas laid down on board 30,5 by 35cm R60 000 - 80 000 PROVENANCE Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 10 October 2016, lot 486. Private Collection. 256 David Botha SOUTH AFRICAN 1921-1995 A Rainy Day in Paarl signed and dated 82 oil on canvas laid down on board 40 by 50cm R60 000 - 80 000 254 255 256 81