South African Design, Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024
Furniture and Metalware
About this Item
Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa
Cape brass coffee konfoor and urn, Thomas Christopher Falck, Robertson, early 20th century
the cylindrical urn with cover, spigot and strap handles, stamped 'T.C. FALCK, MAKER ROBERTSON , the square pierced konfoor with side drawer, raised on bracket feet
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42cm high
Notes
Konfoors each had their own patterns and decorative piercings which served as ventilation and were characteristic of a specific maker. Inside the konfoor, is a spherical 'tessie' which was the receptacle for the live coals.
Thomas Falck was born in Robertson in 1898 and learnt the copper-smith's trade as an apprentice in the workshop of F. J. Staal.
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