Johan Anton Bünning

Evening Sale

Current Bid

-
BrowseRegister
Lot 187
Lot 188
Lot 189
  • A Cape silver tea caddy, Johan Anton Bünning, c.1758-1793
Add to WishlistChange Currency
SaveSendPin It
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 70 000 - 90 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 65 000
Location
Cape Town
Delivery
Additional delivery charges apply
Shipping
Enquire
Condition Report
See more Details
May include additional detailed images
Need more information?
Ask a Specialist
Register to Bid

About this Item

Johan Anton Bünning
Cape Colony
A Cape silver tea caddy, Johan Anton Bünning, c.1758-1793
of octagonal form, the hinged stepped domed cover with moulded thumbpiece, on four paw feet, 190g
height: 6,3cm

Provenance

Private Collection.

Literature

Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema, similar examples can be seen on page 102.

Notes

Johan Anton Bünning was a German born Cape silversmith. Bünning came to the Cape in 1758 as a soldier in the service of The Dutch East India Company. He married Helena of the Cape. As a member of the Lutheran Church, he took an active role in having the Lutherans allowed freedom to worship at the Cape. It is surprising, therefore that he was commissioned by the Dutch Reformed Church of Stellenbosch to make an inkstand, the mounts and bells for two alms-bags, and a table bell in 1773.

His name is sometimes listed as Benning.

Stephan Welz (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema, page 129.

View all Johan Anton Bünning lots for sale in this auction

Browse
Lot 187
Lot 188
Lot 189

More from Generations of Collecting: An Important Collection of Cape Silver, Oriental Ceramics, Furniture and Art

A pair of Cape silver sugar nips, Johan Anton Bünning, c.1758-1793
31
A pair of Cape silver sugar nips, Johan Anton Bünning, c.1758-1793
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
A Cape silver Old English pattern soup ladle, Oltman Ahlers, c.1800-1827
98
A Cape silver Old English pattern soup ladle, Oltman Ahlers, c.1800-1827
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
A Cape silver fiddle pattern serving spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
129
A Cape silver fiddle pattern serving spoon, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Six Cape silver Old English pattern spoons, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
132
Six Cape silver Old English pattern spoons, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
A Cape silver beaker, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
190
A Cape silver beaker, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
A Cape silver brandy flask, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1834–1849
222
A Cape silver brandy flask, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1834–1849
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000