Daniel Heinrich Schmidt
English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver tessie-on-stand, Daniel Heinrich Schmidt, late 18th century
with castellated and engraved everted rim, raised on three claw and ball feet headed by ovolo moulding, fixed copper liner, 455g all in, 9cm high, secured by a silver nut and bolt to a stinkwood base, raised on three turned ebonized feet, stand repaired,4cm high, 17,5cm diameter
Literature
cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: A A Balkema. Similar examples are illustrated and discussed on pages 107 and 108.
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