South African Design: Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025

Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
About the Session

This sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.

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Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass (1 - 56) Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art (57 - 116)
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Found 56 lots in session 1

Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
(Lots 1 → 56)
A set of five Cape stinkwood dining chairs, 19th century
 
Bid13
A set of five Cape stinkwood dining chairs, 19th century
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Current bid ZAR 15 000
1 bid
 
Two Cape stinkwood kerkstoele, 19th century
 
Bid14
Two Cape stinkwood kerkstoele, 19th century
ZAR 9 000 - 11 000
Current bid ZAR 9 000
1 bid
 
A Cape yellowwood and stinkwood dining table, 19th century
 
Bid15
A Cape yellowwood and stinkwood dining table, 19th century
ZAR 18 000 - 20 000
Starting at ZAR 18 000
 
A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
 
Bid16
A Cape Regency stinkwood armchair, Eastern Cape, 19th century
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Starting at ZAR 6 000
 
A pair of Transvaal armchairs, 19th century
 
Bid17
A pair of Transvaal armchairs, 19th century
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Starting at ZAR 10 000
 
A large Japanese Arita VOC dish, second half 17th century
 
Bid18
A large Japanese Arita VOC dish, second half 17th century
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Starting at ZAR 60 000
 
A brass konfoor, 18th century
 
Bid19
A brass konfoor, 18th century
ZAR 15 000 - 18 000
Starting at ZAR 15 000
 
A brass konfoor, 19th century
 
Bid20
A brass konfoor, 19th century
ZAR 18 000 - 20 000
Starting at ZAR 18 000
 
A Cape copper tart pan and cover, TH & BT Lawton, 1863-1891
 
Bid21
A Cape copper tart pan and cover, TH & BT Lawton, 1863-1891
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Starting at ZAR 8 000
 
A Cape brass two-handled jam boiler, 19th century
 
Bid22
A Cape brass two-handled jam boiler, 19th century
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Starting at ZAR 3 000
 
A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century
 
Bid23
A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Starting at ZAR 3 000
 
A Transvaal brass Imperial peck measure, 1896
 
Bid24
A Transvaal brass Imperial peck measure, 1896
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
Starting at ZAR 20 000