Thomas Gilpin Ltd
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 48
Thomas Gilpin Ltd
George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 500 - 700
About this Item
Sheffield
George VI silver Voortrekker Monument jam spoon, Thomas Gilpin Ltd, Sheffield,1949
the terminal with Boer oxwagon wheel and powder horns, Zulu shield and assegai (spear), the back moulded the Voortrekker Monument, inscribed '1949 SVK UWB', 12cm, 25g
Notes
Commemorating the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria 1949, SVK stands for Sentrale Volksmonumente Komitee (Central Peoples Monument Comittee) which was formed in 1931, with the aim of build a monument to honour the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony in 1835.
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