Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Glass

Live Auction, 7 March 2011

Furniture, Silver, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Prints and Sculpture

Sold for

ZAR 12 254
Lot 138
  • A Cape silver cruet frame, John Townsend, 19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 12 254
Auction Catalogue

About this Item

Cape Colony
A Cape silver cruet frame, John Townsend, 19th century square, with gadrooned rim, on leaf-scroll feet, the four ring holders connected by shell motifs with reeded central handle, 270g,17cm wide; two later sauce bottles, a silver-mounted and glass pepper pot and a mustard pot, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co, London, 1909; and a Cape silver Fiddle pattern mustard spoon, John Townsend, 15g (6)

Provenance

Sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, Cape Town, 9th March 1982, lot 55

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