Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 October 2017
Jewellery, Watches, European and Oriental Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 279
About this Item
Two gilt-metal-mounted and enamel oval boxes and covers, early 19th century
each painted with pastoral scenes enclosed by c-scroll gilt borders against an apple-green ground, both with restorations, the taller 4cm high, 18,5cm wide; a Staffordshire gilt-metal-mounted enamel box and cover, inscribed ‘The Hobby Horse’ and with two gentlemen on their bicycles, the body and base enamelled in yellow, restored, 2,5cm high, 4,5cm wide; and a gilt-metal-mounted enamel box and cover, possibly Bilston, the hinged cover painted with the proverb ‘A Sound Conscience Is A Wall of Brass’, the body and base enamelled in blue, restored, 2cm high, 4,5cm wide
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