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.


Current Bid

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Lot 44
  • A Cape silver navette-shaped snuff box, maker unknown
  • A Cape silver navette-shaped snuff box, maker unknown
  • A Cape silver navette-shaped snuff box, maker unknown


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 3 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

A Cape silver navette-shaped snuff box, maker unknown the hinged cover with engraved border and centred by a cartouche, inscribed 'MC', 25g, 8cm


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