Johannes Combrink

Session 1
About the Session

Strauss & Co are proud to introduce our first flatware only auction, from Cape to Continental, spanning from the 18th to 20th centuries, with items from various collectors including Mary Eleanor Hibbert.


Sold For

ZAR 18 019
Lot 5
  • Three Cape silver 'lemoen lepels', Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853

LOT 5

Johannes Combrink

Three Cape silver 'lemoen lepels', Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 18 019
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item

Cape Colony
Three Cape silver 'lemoen lepels', Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
each stem engraved with wrigglework and crests, 45g
(3)
length: 15cm

Provenance

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert collection.

Notes

The orange spoon 'lemoen lepel' is probably the most attractive type of spoon made at the Cape. The size of a teaspoon, it has a narrow, pointed, boat-shaped bowl and triangular terminal, generally engraved with floral decoration. Derived from Dutch spoons of this shape, all the known examples are by Cape-born silversmiths active in the early 19th century.

Literature

Stephan Welz (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town, AA Balkema, pages 90-95

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