Important South African Art & Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 21 October 2013
Bolt, Chinese and Glass
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 15 916
About this Item
Wellington, Cape Colony
A Cape copper 5 gallon wine measure, Daniel Benjamin Woudberg, Wellington, 1944
commissioned by the KWV, stamped 'D. B. WOUDBERG & SON 1944 WELLINGTON 5 GALLON', the inner lip punched with unknown cypher,38,5cm high
Literature
Viljoen, Deon and Rabe, Piér. (2001) Cape Furniture and Metalware, Cape Town. Illustrated in colour on pages 114 and 115, number 88.
Le Roux, Marius. (1982) The Cape Coppersmith, Stellenbosch Museum. Illustrated on pages 144 and 145, numbers 199(a) and 199(b).