South African Design, Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024

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  • Cape copper pint measure, William Alcock, Port Elizabeth, late 19th century
  • Cape copper pint measure, William Alcock, Port Elizabeth, late 19th century
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Cape copper pint measure, William Alcock, Port Elizabeth, late 19th century
16cm high, 13,5cm wide

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William Alcock emigrated to the Cape in 1871 at the age of 21. He had been trained in England as a tinsmith and sheet metal worker and his first workshop produced cans for food manufacture. He was the first mayor of Port Elizabeth and was also the first person to own a motor car in the district.

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