South African Design: Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025

Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
About the Session

This 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.

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  • A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century
  • A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century
  • A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century
  • A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century
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ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
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A Cape teak and brass-bound balie and cover, late 19th century

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Urns or balies were part of everyday Cape kitchen equipment, usually constructed from teak making them water tight, and bound together by strips of brass, copper or iron.

Balies were used for many different purposes in the home. The ones such as this one made with a tight fitting lid, were used for pickling and salting meat.

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