Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 14 March 2016
Session 2
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 710
About this Item
Cape Colony
A rare pair of Cape silver spectacle frames, Marthinus Lourens Smith, second half 18th/early 19th century
the retractable arms with oval loop terminals, 20g
Literature
cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema. Pages 90-91, where a similar example by Smith, now in the Africana Museum, is discussed and illustrated.
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