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.