English and Cape Country Furniture
Online-Only Auction, 7 - 14 March 2022
English and Cape Country Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690
About this Item
A lead fire insurance mark, 18th/19th century
the plaque moulded with the insurance company's name 'GLOBE', centred by a stylised globe, with three pierced apertures/fixing holes, 18,5cm high, 17,5cm wide; and another, the plaque moulded with the face of the sun, the fire mark of the Sun Fire Office, and the policy number 577997, with three pierced apertures/fixing holes, 17,5cm high, 16cm wide
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Notes
The Sun Fire Office (1710-1959)
Fire marks are the first logos of insurance companies
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