John Townsend
Session 1
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LOT 17
John Townsend
Five Cape silver Fiddle and Shell pattern spoons, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 70 264
About this Item
Cape Colony
Five Cape silver Fiddle and Shell pattern spoons, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
410g all in
(5)
length: 21cm
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert collection.
Notes
Many Cape silversmiths, particularly those born at the Cape, followed the continental practice of making the bowl and stem separately and then joining them. For practical reasons, the drops were, therefore, used well into the 19th century. A few spoons were made with scallop shell or floral motifs at the stem junction.
Literature
Stephan Welz (1976) Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema, pages 90-95
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