South African Design: Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025
Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
About the SessionThis sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 18 000
About this Item
A brass konfoor, 18th century
the circular body with three pierced panels with centred heart flanked by birds, marked 'GEVS, 'IAB' and dated 1772, between three shaped and pierced strap feet terminating in stylized shell motif, 17cm high, 28cm wide over handles
Notes
Konfoors were used to keep kettles, coffee pots and urns warm. An iron dish inside the konfoor held the hot coals.
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