Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 14 March 2016
Session 2
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 180 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 261 464
About this Item
A Cape stinkwood and yellowwood display cabinet, late 18th century
the moulded gable with later key-block above a pair of conforming glazed doors enclosing three shelves with later white-painted interior, later panelled sides, the lower half with flower- and leaf-carved crested panelled doors enclosing two shelves, with fluted canted corners, on a stepped moulded plinth base, 244cm high, 142cm wide, 46cm deep
Provenance
Sold: The contents of Vergelegen, Somerset West, 1942, lot 632, formerly the property of Sir Lionel and Lady Phillips.
Literature
Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer. (1987) Town Furniture of the Cape, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 93, number 354.
Graham Viney. (1989) Colonial Houses of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated in colour on page 24, positioned in the agterkamer.
Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer. (2004) Cape Antique Furniture, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 360, number 1514.