South African Design, Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024
Furniture and Metalware
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035
Location
Cape Town
About this Item
Cape brass coffee konfoor and urn, Thomas Christopher Falck, Robertson, early 20th century
the cylindrical urn with cover, spigot and strap handles, stamped 'T.C. FALCK, MAKER ROBERTSON , the square pierced konfoor with side drawer, raised on bracket feet
42cm high
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Notes
Konfoors each had their own patterns and decorative piercings which served as ventilation and were characteristic of a specific maker. Inside the konfoor, is a spherical 'tessie' which was the receptacle for the live coals.
Thomas Falck was born in Robertson in 1898 and learnt the copper-smith's trade as an apprentice in the workshop of F. J. Staal.
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