Cape teak and brass-bound balie, South Africa, 19th century

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From early Cape furniture to mid-century classics and contemporary pieces, this selection of furniture, ceramics, glass and bronzes, traces a journey through more than two hundred years of South African design.


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Lot 527
  • Cape teak and brass-bound balie, South Africa, 19th century
  • Cape teak and brass-bound balie, South Africa, 19th century


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ZAR 2 000 - 2 500
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Cape Town
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About this Item

Cape teak and brass-bound balie, South Africa, 19th century
circular, with tapering triple brass-banded sides
height: 24,5; diameter: 28,5cm

Notes

Urns or balies were part of everyday Cape kitchen equipment, usually constructed from teak and bound together by strips of brass, copper or iron.


Lot 527

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