Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics
Live Auction, 11 October 2010
Session One
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 70 000 - 90 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 77 980
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A satinwood commode, possibly Dutch, 18th century
the moulded top with outset corners above four graduated long drawers, panelled sides, the front with canted sides carved with shells and foliage, on cabriole legs and scroll feet headed by double flowerheads, fitted with Cape silver escutcheon plates and handles, maker's mark unknown, 96cm high, 106,5cm wide, 61cm deep
Literature
Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p158, illustration 176
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