Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 14 March 2016

Session 2

Sold for

ZAR 12 505
Lot 258
  • A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century
  • A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century
  • A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century
  • A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century
  • A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 12 505

About this Item

A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century
the shell set to a scalloped silver border, the hinged cover and reverse with foliate wrigglework bands, 5,3cm wide; and another, apparently unmarked, the shell set to an engraved silver zig-zag border, the hinged cover engraved with 'HCG' within foliate wrigglework borders, 5,5cm wide
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