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 20 000 - 25 000USD 1 124 - 1 405
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 20 000USD 1 124
Location
Cape Town
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A set of nine copper and brass graduated Haystack measures, De Grave & Co, London, 20th century each with tapering body applied with handle, comprising: 2 gallon, 1 gallon, 1/2 gallon, 2x quarts, 1 pint, 1 gill, 1/2 gill ,1/4 gill engraved ' Union of South Africa' each with maker's mark, dents, the largest 37cm high (9)
Notes
The Union of South Africa was officially established in 1910, and became a self-governing dominion within the British Empire. This dates marks the unification of four British colonies: the Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony.
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