Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 March 2015
Cape & Colonial Silver, Furniture & Dec Arts, The Harvey Collection of Africana & SA & Int Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 90 944
About this Item
Cape Colony
A part set of Cape silver Fiddle pattern flatware, William Moore, mid 19th century
comprising: six table forks, twelve dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, four konfyt forks, seven mustard spoons, four salt spoons, a pair of sauce ladles, a soup ladle, 1925g all in; a Cape silver Fiddle pattern butter knife, Johannes Combrink, 35g; six English Fiddle pattern table forks and twelve Fiddle pattern dessert forks, Charles Boyton II, London, 1859 and 1861, 995g all in; the terminals all engraved 'JH du P'; six faux bone table knives and six bread knives, Joseph Rogers & Sons; a pair of bottle stoppers, apparently unmarked; contained in an oak canteen
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Provenance
Barend Louis du Plessis (1753 -?) of Stellenbosch married Elisabeth Blignaut in 1774. Johannes Petrus du Plessis (1778 - ?) married Susanna Sophia de Villiers in 1823. Jan Hendrik du Plessis (1826 - 1891) married Harriet Barker. Johannes du Plessis (1868 - 1935) married Aletta Helena Albertyn in 1917. Jean Henri du Plessis (1917 - 1981) married Elise van Heerden in 1947.
A private collection.
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