Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

126 354 355 part lot 354 A Cape silver inkstand, John Willcox, Grahamstown, 1877 the rectangular stand embellished with a border of ivy leaves on four bifurcated trunk feet, fitted with a pair of glass inkwells flanking a pollarded tree engraved ‘Manufactured by JS WILLCOX, Grahamstown’, the front applied with a presentation shield-shaped plaque engraved ‘Presented To E. CHAPMAN. ESQ. AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM BY G. FRANCIS. GRAHAMSTOWN MAY 28th. 1877’, 375g of weighable silver, 21cmwide R70 000–80 000 literature cf. StephanWelz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema. Page 74 where a comparative example is discussed and illustrated. 355 A part set of Cape silver Fiddle pattern flatware, William Moore, mid 19th century comprising: six table forks, twelve dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, four konfyt forks, seven mustard spoons, four salt spoons, a pair of sauce ladles, a soup ladle, 1925g all in ; a Cape silver Fiddle pattern butter knife, Johannes Combrink, 35g ; six English Fiddle pattern table forks and twelve Fiddle pattern dessert forks, Charles Boyton II, London, 1859 and 1861, 995g all in ; the terminals all engraved ‘JH du P’; six faux bone table knives and six bread knives, Joseph Rogers & Sons; a pair of bottle stoppers, apparently unmarked; contained in an oak canteen (81) R80 000–100 000 provenance Barend Louis du Plessis (1753 -?) of Stellenbosch married Elisabeth Blignaut in 1774. Johannes Petrus du Plessis (1778 - ?) married Susanna Sophia de Villiers in 1823. Jan Hendrik du Plessis (1826 - 1891) married Harriet Barker. Johannes du Plessis (1868 - 1935) married Aletta Helena Albertyn in 1917. Jean Henri du Plessis (1917 - 1981) married Elise van Heerden in 1947. A private collection.