Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 16 October 2017

Silver, Furniture, Ceramics & Glass

Sold for

ZAR 96 628
Lot 244
  • A George V silver two-handled presentation tray, Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, 1915


Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 75 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 628

About this Item

Birmingham, London & Sheffield, England
A George V silver two-handled presentation tray, Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, 1915
oval, the centre engraved with the initials ‘JCS’, the cavetto with a gadrooned border and reeded rim, applied with leaf and reeded handles, the reverse inscribed ‘PRESENTED TO L.T GENERAL THE RT. HON. J.C. SMUTS P.C. BY THE CITIZENS OF JOHANNESBURG, AUGUST 13, 1919’, 74cm wide over handles, 4245g

Provenance

This silver tray, together with the following lot, were gifted to General Smuts by the city of Johannesburg on 13th August 1919. King George VI, his wife Queen Elizabeth and his two daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, visited General Smuts and his wife, Issie, for tea at Doornkloof during their Royal Visit of 1947, when this tea service and tray were used. On Issie Smuts’ death in 2002, this service and tray was passed to the current owner.  

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