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.


Sold for

ZAR 7 035
Lot 46
  • A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
  • A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
  • A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
  • A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035

About this Item

A Cape Silver snuff box, unmarked
the curved body with hinged cover engraved with wavy borders and centred by a cartouche inscribed 'IBV', 65g, 7cm


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