Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics

Live Auction, 26 September 2011

Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Paintings Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 267 360
Lot 87
  • A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Johan Hendrik Vos, circa 1780
  • A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Johan Hendrik Vos, circa 1780


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 267 360

About this Item

Cape Colony
A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Johan Hendrik Vos, circa 1780
the pierced rim moulded with flowerheads and scrolls, on four outswept flower-headed legs teminating in pad feet, 165g, 17,5cm wide over handles

Literature

cf. Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p97 where a similar example by Daniel Heinrich Schmidt is illustrated

View all Johan Hendrik Vos lots for sale in this auction



Other lots that might interest you
A Cape silver beaker, Johan Hendrik Vos, late 18th century
A Cape silver beaker, Johan Hendrik Vos, late 18th century
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
A Cape silver snuff box, C Kohl, 19th century
A Cape silver snuff box, C Kohl, 19th century
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
A Cape silver Kings pattern fish slice, Fredrick David Waldek, 19th century
A Cape silver Kings pattern fish slice, Fredrick David Waldek, 19th century
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
A Cape silver Kings pattern sauce ladle, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, 19th century
A Cape silver Kings pattern sauce ladle, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, 19th century
ZAR 2 500 - 3 000
Eleven Cape silver Fiddle pattern table spoons, William Moore, mid 19th century
Eleven Cape silver Fiddle pattern table spoons, William Moore, mid 19th century
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Ten Cape silver Fiddle pattern table forks, William Moore, mid 19th century
Ten Cape silver Fiddle pattern table forks, William Moore, mid 19th century
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000