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Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 13 April 2021

Silver and Furniture

Sold for

ZAR 47 796
Lot 361
  • A Cape silver presentation box, Peter Clarke Daniel, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 47 796

About this Item

A Cape silver presentation box, Peter Clarke Daniel, 19th century

rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover with a ribbon-tied wreath enclosing an inscription "Aan den WelEerwaarden Heer J.M. Kloek van Staveren, wordt dit, als een gering blyk van hoogachting en erkentenis aangeboden, van de ondergenoemden, door Zynen WelEerwaarden, tot Ledematen der Evangelische Luthersche Gemeente aan de Kaap de Goede Hoop, bevestigd, op den 20sten Maart 1842. WD Morgenrood, JFF Burnard, MAR Bergh, CF Leisching", further enclosed by scrolling foliage and a double-line wrigglework border, the sides engraved with undulating ribbons and foliage between wrigglework borders, shaped thumbpiece, gilt interior, dents, 14,9cm wide, 330g

Notes

The translation of the inscription reads "This (box) is presented to the Very Reverend JM Kloek van Staveren by the  undermentioned  as a small token of regard and gratitude for confirming them into the Evangelic Lutheran Congregation at the Cape of Good Hope on 20 March 1842.  WD Morgenrood  JFF Burnard  MAR Bergh  CF Leisching".

 

"About the middle of the 18th century many Lutherans were already living at the Cape, and in 1742 they petitioned the Dutch East India Company, which exercised ecclesiastical authority, for permission to hold divine service in public. The Heeren XVII, being strict Calvinists, refused this permission until 1778. In the mean time Martin Melck, a rich farmer, had built a 'storehouse' which he presented to the congregation, and here the first official service was held by the Rev. Andreas Lutgerus Kolver in 1780. [...] Johan Melchior Kloek van Staveren was appointed minister in 1827 and retired on account of ill-health in 1864. In 1847 he dismissed Georg Wilhelm Stegmann, who had been appointed second minister in 1836, on account of differences between them."

Potgieter, DJ (1970) SESA (Standard Encyclopedia of SA), Vol 7, page 70.

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