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

Found 55 lots in session 1

Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
A set of nine copper and brass graduated Haystack measures, De Grave & Co, London, 20th century
A set of nine copper and brass graduated Haystack measures, De Grave & Co, London, 20th century
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
 
A brass and copper fireside set, Pieter Van Dijk, 20th century
A brass and copper fireside set, Pieter Van Dijk, 20th century
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Sold for ZAR 3 752
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape brass coffee mug, T.C. Falck, Robertson, early 20th century
A Cape brass coffee mug, T.C. Falck, Robertson, early 20th century
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape brass coffee urn and konfoor, T.C. Falck, Roberston, 20th century
A Cape brass coffee urn and konfoor, T.C. Falck, Roberston, 20th century
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
 
A Cape brass mug, F.J. Staal, Robertson, 20th century
A Cape brass mug, F.J. Staal, Robertson, 20th century
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Sold for ZAR 9 967
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape silver Ladle, David Ficker, c.1750-1790
A Cape silver Ladle, David Ficker, c.1750-1790
ZAR 4 000 - 5 000
Sold for ZAR 5 863
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A set of twelve Cape silver King's pattern forks, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
A set of twelve Cape silver King's pattern forks, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
Six Cape silver orange spoons, Johann Hasse, c.1751-1778
Six Cape silver orange spoons, Johann Hasse, c.1751-1778
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape silver sugar caster, Gerhardus Lotter c.1800
A Cape silver sugar caster, Gerhardus Lotter c.1800
ZAR 180 000 - 220 000
 
A Cape silver fiddle pattern soup ladle, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1806-1849
A Cape silver fiddle pattern soup ladle, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1806-1849
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Sold for ZAR 5 863
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape silver christening mug, Thomas Lock Townsend, c.1815-1849
A Cape silver christening mug, Thomas Lock Townsend, c.1815-1849
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Sold for ZAR 41 038
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape silver snuff box, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
A Cape silver snuff box, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 4 000 - 5 000
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT