Lawrence Holme Twentyman
Session 1
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LOT 15
Lawrence Holme Twentyman
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ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
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ZAR 8 000
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About this Item
Cape Colony
A pair of Cape silver fiddle pattern serving spoons, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1852
each stem engraved with crests, 245g all in
(2)
length: 31cm
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert collection.
Notes
More than half the total number of pieces of Cape silver extant are spoons made in the first half of the 19th century. These 19th century Cape spoons are generally crude examples of the fiddle designs.
Literature
Stepehn Welz, Cape silver and silversmiths, Cape Town, A.A Balkema pages 90-95
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