Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
including Paintings from the Labia Family Collection and the Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection
Cape Town | 10:30am Mon 15 Oct 2018
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Lot 282
A Dutch silver covered box, Pieter van Riedt, Amsterdam (1784-1801) 18th century
rectangular, the rims with beaded border, the hinged cover chased with stylised foliate and geometric motifs, the centre engraved with a flowerhead, the front engraved with the initials ‘DVR’, the cover engraved ‘Presented to me in token of remembrance by Mrs Daniel van Renen, whose late husband died at my house, Swellendam, on the 21st August 1842, Thos Barry’, 7,9cm high, 15,4cm wide, 555g
This lot did not sell
Estimate R 12 000 - 15 000
It might still be available, contact us if you're interested.
This box was presented by Cornelia Arnoldina Deneys, on the death of her husband in 1842. The box was presented to Thomas Barry, the husband of Daniel van Renen’s niece, Aletta Catharina.