Strauss & co - 2013 Review

A George III silver Nelson vinaigrette, Matthew Linwood, Birmingham, 1805 Sold R62 524, 21 October 2013, the 208th anniversary of Nelson’s death A Victorian silver castle-top vinaigrette of Exeter Cathedral, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1843 and another, David Pettifer, Birmingham, 1856 Sold R73 892, 21 October 2013 English Silver A set of four George III silver table candlesticks, Ebenezer Coker, London, 1764 Sold R144 820, 4 February 2013 CURRENT SA RECORD: R1 559 600, STRAUSS & CO, OCTOBER 2009 In his lifetime, Horatio Nelson grasped and held the imagination and he does so today. Superman and Everyman, he can touch every human sensibility. The first British hero, recognisable as such to all; the triumphant commander, who gave his country maritime supremacy for a century; the leader who inspired those he led; the emotional man with faults – ambition, vanity, ruthlessness and moral lapses – among his strengths in originality, humanity, courage and generosity. 32 68