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ZAR 17 824
Lot 119
  • A Cape silver double-sided snuff box, Johannes Combrink, early 19th century


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ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
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ZAR 17 824
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About this Item

Cape Colony
A Cape silver double-sided snuff box, Johannes Combrink, early 19th century
each hinged cover engraved with the initials "TGLB" within a wreath, enclosed by wrigglework borders, gilt interior, 100g, 8cm wide

Literature

cf Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p88, where a similar example by Johannes Combrink is illustrated

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