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 Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, Jacobus Johannes Vos, c.1841-1882
 
Bid37
A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, Jacobus Johannes Vos, c.1841-1882
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Starting at ZAR 5 000
 
Four Cape fiddle pattern silver tablespoons, in sizes, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid38
Four Cape fiddle pattern silver tablespoons, in sizes, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Starting at ZAR 5 000
 
A Cape silver fiddle pattern spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid39
A Cape silver fiddle pattern spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Starting at ZAR 2 000
 
A Cape silver basting spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid40
A Cape silver basting spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Starting at ZAR 2 000
 
Cape silver sugar bowl, Martinus Lourens Smith, 19th century
 
Bid41
Cape silver sugar bowl, Martinus Lourens Smith, 19th century
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Starting at ZAR 60 000
 
Two Cape Silver forks, Johannes Combrink and Martinus Lourens Smith, early 19th century
 
Bid42
Two Cape Silver forks, Johannes Combrink and Martinus Lourens Smith, early 19th century
ZAR 1 000 - 2 000
Starting at ZAR 1 000
 
A Cape silver covered sugar bowl, Gerhardus Lotter, c.1810-1824
 
Bid43
A Cape silver covered sugar bowl, Gerhardus Lotter, c.1810-1824
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Starting at ZAR 80 000
 
A Cape silver navette-shaped snuff box, maker unknown
 
Bid44
A Cape silver navette-shaped snuff box, maker unknown
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Starting at ZAR 3 000
 
Four Cape silver Old English pattern tablespoons, unknown maker
 
Bid45
Four Cape silver Old English pattern tablespoons, unknown maker
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Starting at ZAR 15 000
 
A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
 
Bid46
A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Starting at ZAR 3 000
 
A set of six Voortrekker commemorative monument teaspoons, Zilverfabriek Voorschooten, The Netherlands, c.1938
 
Bid47
A set of six Voortrekker commemorative monument teaspoons, Zilverfabriek Voorschooten, The Netherlands, c.1938
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Starting at ZAR 2 000
 
George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
 
Bid48
George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
ZAR 500 - 700
Starting at ZAR 500