Strauss & co - 15 March 2010, Cape Town

94 258 A Cape beefwood and stinkwood inlaid cupboard, circa 1780 the outset cornice with dentil frieze above a pair of panelled doors enclosing three later camphor wood shelves and three pairs of drawers, panelled sides, the frieze and borders inlaid with ebony and boxwood stringing enclosing burr- amboyana square-shaped panels, on tapering block feet, applied with a pair of Cape silver escutcheon plates, maker’s mark unknown, restorations, 210cm high, 153cmwide, 69cm deep R400 000 – 500 000 LITERATURE Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Balkema, Cape Town, 1976, p158, illustration 175