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 Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, Jacobus Johannes Vos, c.1841-1882
A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, Jacobus Johannes Vos, c.1841-1882
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
Four Cape fiddle pattern silver tablespoons, in sizes, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
Four Cape fiddle pattern silver tablespoons, in sizes, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Sold for ZAR 5 863
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape silver fiddle pattern spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
A Cape silver fiddle pattern spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
 
A Cape silver basting spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
A Cape silver basting spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Sold for ZAR 5 628
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
Cape silver sugar bowl, Martinus Lourens Smith, 19th century
Cape silver sugar bowl, Martinus Lourens Smith, 19th century
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Sold for ZAR 164 150
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
Two Cape Silver forks, Johannes Combrink and Martinus Lourens Smith, early 19th century
Two Cape Silver forks, Johannes Combrink and Martinus Lourens Smith, early 19th century
ZAR 1 000 - 2 000
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape silver covered sugar bowl, Gerhardus Lotter, c.1810-1824
A Cape silver covered sugar bowl, Gerhardus Lotter, c.1810-1824
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Sold for ZAR 117 250
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A possibly Cape silver navette-shaped toothpick holder, maker unknown
A possibly Cape silver navette-shaped toothpick holder, maker unknown
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Sold for ZAR 5 628
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
A set of six Voortrekker commemorative monument teaspoons, Zilverfabriek Voorschooten, The Netherlands, c.1938
A set of six Voortrekker commemorative monument teaspoons, Zilverfabriek Voorschooten, The Netherlands, c.1938
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Sold for ZAR 2 345
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
 
George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
ZAR 500 - 700
 
A set of four silver Voortrekker Monument Commemorative spoons, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield, 1949
A set of four silver Voortrekker Monument Commemorative spoons, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield, 1949
ZAR 1 000 - 2 000