Potter

Session One
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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.


  • Two Imperial brass measures, Potter, Poultry, London
  • Two Imperial brass measures, Potter, Poultry, London
  • Two Imperial brass measures, Potter, Poultry, London
  • Two Imperial brass measures, Potter, Poultry, London

LOT 529

Potter

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ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Location
Cape Town
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London, England
Two Imperial brass measures, Potter, Poultry, London
including a Standard Half Gallon and a Standard Quart, each engraved 'POTTER, POULTRY, LONDON',1880
(2)
(1) height: 15,5cm; diameter: 15,5cm; (2) height: 14cm; diameter: 12cm

Notes

Brass measures were used in the colonies to standardise the sale of agricultural goods, particularly grain, maize and other dry commodities. Using official measures ensured that both buyers and sellers traded fairly.

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