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 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 752
About this Item
A brass and copper fireside set, Pieter Van Dijk, 20th century
Notes
Pieter Van Dijk, a Master copper-smith established his business in Cape Town in the 1950s. He went on to become a household name in the 1970s after being commissioned by the late Anton Rupert to provide traditional brass beds and traditional Cape Dutch styled light fittings for the Lanzerac Hotel in Stellenbosch.
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