Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics
Live Auction, 11 October 2010
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 378 760
About this Item
A Cape amboyna, ebony and satinwood corner cupboard, 18th century
with moulded frieze drawer fitted with baize-lined compartments above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf, canted panelled sides with half-fluted pilasters, on tapering fluted legs with block feet, with Cape silver escutcheon plates, makers mark unknown, 100cm high, 120cm wide, 85cm deep
Literature
Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p158, illustration 175