South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 4 February 2013
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 167 100
About this Item
A Cape silver sugar basket, apparently unmarked, 18th century
oval, urn-shaped with everted beaded and pierced rim, the sides applied with a pair of beaded handles, the shoulder engraved with a guilloche border, the beaded stem on a rectangular base, 205g, 18cm wide over handles
Literature
cf. Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, where a comparable example is illustrated on page 96
cf. Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 7 March 2011, lot 114, and 26 September 2011, lot 87, when similar examples of Cape silver sugar baskets were sold
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