Johannes Combrink
Evening Sale
LOT 253
Johannes Combrink
A Cape silver beaker, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 25 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 48 050
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver beaker, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
the tapering cylindrical body with reeded rim, engraved with initials 'JJLS', gilt interior, 130g
height: 8cm
Provenance
Private Collection.
Notes
Johannes Combrink, born in the Cape and baptised on 3 June 1781, was the son of Jan (Johannes) Combrink (born 1751) and Johanna Elisabeth Essler. He married Aurelia Wilhelmina Lotter on 5 April 1807 and remained active as a silversmith in Cape Town until his death on 9 November 1853. Combrink began his trade at 29 Dorp Street (1814–1825), then worked from 28 Dorp Street (1826–1829), 47 Dorp Street (1830–1841), and finally 50 Dorp Street (1842–1853). In records from 1814 to 1829, his surname also appears as "Kombrink."
Stephan Welz (1976), Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema, page 130.
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