Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 19 - 21 September 2022
Cape and Continental Silver, Furniture and Design
About the Sessionincluding The Louis & Mavis Shill Collection of Cape Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 170 700
About this Item
A Cape silver tessie-on-stand, Daniel Heinrich Schmidt, late 18th century
with castellated and engraved everted rim, raised on three ball-and-claw feet headed by ovolo moulding, fixed copper liner, pinhead dents,9cm high, 450g all in, secured by a silver nut and bolt to a circular stinkwood base, raised on three turned ebonised feet, age related split, 4,3cm high, 17,8cm diameter
Provenance
The Louis and Mavis Shill Collection.
Literature
cf. Welz, S. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, p.120.
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