South African Design, Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024
Furniture and Metalware
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 277
About this Item
Cape copper pint measure, William Alcock, Port Elizabeth, late 19th century
the tapering body applied with a strap handle with undergrip, stamped ' PINT ALCOCK MAKER, PORT ELIZABETH'
16cm high, 13,5cm wide
Notes
William Alcock emigrated to the Cape in 1871 at the age of 21. He had been trained in England as a tinsmith and sheet metal worker and his first workshop produced cans for food manufacture. He was the first mayor of Port Elizabeth and was also the first person to own a motor car in the district.