South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 8 October 2012

Session 2

Sold for

ZAR 8 197
Lot 221
  • A WMF electroplate inkstand, circa 1900
  • A WMF electroplate inkstand, circa 1900
  • A WMF electroplate inkstand, circa 1900


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 8 197

About this Item

A WMF electroplate inkstand, circa 1900

shaped rectangular, modelled with the seated figure of Minerva flanked by a pair of electroplate-mounted glass inkwells, the front with a pair of female half-caryatids flanking a heart-shaped vacant cartouche, on paw and bracket feet, 26,5cm high, 48cm wide

Literature

Antique Collector's Club, Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork From Wurttembergische Metalwarenfabrik 1906, page 280, illustration 84

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