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.
About this Item
Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa
A Cape brass coffee mug, T.C. Falck, Robertson, early 20th century
with rolled rim and applied strap handle, stamped 'T.C. FALCK, MAKER ROBERTSON', 10 cm high
Notes
Thomas Falck was born in Robertson in 1898 and learnt the copper-smith's trade as an apprentice in the workshop of F.J. Staal.
The Cape mug was made either of copper or brass, it was used for liquids and for measuring out dry goods such as meal or beans.
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