The Contents of Keerweder
Live Auction, 22 - 23 October 2012
Session 1
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 579 280
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
An important Cape stinkwood Bible desk, late 18th century
the hinged slant top enclosing a shelf flanked by three small drawers, the front with two engraved silver escutcheon plates, the stand with a frieze drawer above a moulded shaped apron, on moulded cabriole legs, 100cm high, 102cm wide, 70cm deep
Provenance
The Herbert Prins Collection
Sold: Stephan Welz & Co, Cape Town, 21 October 1997, lot 74
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