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 18 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 21 105
About this Item
A brass konfoor, 19th century
the circular body with three pierced and stipple-engraved panels, on three strapwork supports, the sides applied with ring handles, reduced feet, 15cm high, 28cm wide over handles
Notes
Konfoors were used to keep kettles, coffee pots and urns warm. A cast iron dish inside the konfoor called a 'tessie' held the hot coals.
This rare example is similar to the one found in the William Fehr Collection at the The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.
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