Origins & Legacy of Art Jewellery in South Africa

Timed Online Auction, 6 - 22 October 2025

Legacy
About the Session

Legacy, showcases 16 contemporary practitioners whose work reflects the movement’s enduring spirit of experimentation. Like their predecessors, these art jewellers often work with non-precious materials, producing pieces that are expressive, sculptural and conceptually adventurous.  Through these wearable artworks, the artists employ art jewellery as a critical medium to reflect upon, comment on, and challenge the world around them, exploring questions of identity, place, social standing, cultural practices, and political viewpoints.

 


  • Lilly Friedlaender; Lilly Friedlaender yellow gold kinetic earrings


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 55 000 - 60 000

About this Item

South Africa 1952-
Lilly Friedlaender yellow gold kinetic earrings
composed of soldered wire links and movable balls, shepherd's hook finding, 18k yellow gold, length approximately 8cm, total weight 17 grams
(2)
2005

Notes

Lilly Friedlaender is a goldsmith and jewellery designer born in Stellenbosch, South Africa. She studied at the University of Stellenbosch, where she earned a BA in Creative Arts (Jewellery Design) in the 1970s under the guidance of Eberhard Dechow and Dieter Dill. She went on to work with renowned goldsmith John Donald in London before completing a postgraduate year at the Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany, under Friedrich Becker. Upon returning to South Africa, Lilly worked as a jewellery designer for a major manufacturing company in Cape Town and later lectured at the University of Stellenbosch. She currently runs her own workshop in Church Street, Stellenbosch, where she specialises in private commissions. An active participant in exhibitions, Lilly’s work is represented in private collections both locally and internationally.

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