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 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 967
About this Item
A Cape brass mug, F.J. Staal, Robertson, 20th century
with rolled rim and applied strap handle, stamped 'F.J. STAAL 19 NOVEMBER 1920 ROBERTSON', 10,5cm high
Notes
Frederick Johannes Staal, born in 1857, was the son of Hermanus Petrus Staal and learnt his trade from his father. Based in Robertson, he became one of the best known Cape copper-smiths and continued to produce work until shortly before his death in 1934.
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