Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 31 831
About this Item
A Boer War prisoner of war fruitwood walking stick, 1902
with crook handle, the upper shaft incised 'Ds. J.H. HOFMEYR, SOMERSET OOST, VAN H.M. BANNELING, P.A.' and the date '3.2.02.' 90cm high
Notes
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr is recorded as a Minister who lived at the Old Parsonage Museum, Somerset East until 1908. Dominee Hofmeyr was exiled to Port Alfred during the Boer War in 1902.
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