Cape Furniture and Metalware
Timed Online Auction, 3 - 11 July 2023
Session 1
About this Item
A Cape copper tart pan and cover, Josiah Duffett, Cape Town, 1850-1899
the circular pan applied with steel loop handles and raised on three tapering legs with pad feet, the cover stamped with the maker's sphinx and arrow symbol, and the base with DUFFET MANUFACTURERS, 36cm wide over handles
Provenance
Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 21 October 2013, lot 50
Literature
cf. Viljoen, Deon and Rabe, Piér. (2001) Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town: Struik. A similar example illustrated on pages 108 and 109.
cf. Le Roux, Marius. (1982) Cape Coppersmiths, Stellenbosch Museum. A similar example is illustrated on page 89.