Johannes Combrink
Session 1
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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
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 18 019
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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