Notes

Tart pans were used in an open hearth for baking. Hot coals were placed below the pan, as well as on the top of the lid. A thin layer of tin was used to line the pan and prevent copper poisoning.

The makers of this tart pan were the sons of Joseph Lawton. Their workshop in Burg Street, Cape Town, was one of the biggest copper-smith workshops at the Cape in the 19th century.

The maker's mark on the side of the lid is in a horizontal line, not the usual circular pattern, suggesting it is an earlier example of their work.

Literature

cf. Deon Viljoen and Piér Rabe (2001) Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town: Struik, a similar example illustrated on pages 108 and 109.

cf. Marius Le Roux (1982) The Cape Copper-Smith, Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Museum, a similar example illustrated on page 103.