Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

298 A part set of Cape silver Old English pattern flatware, Johannes Combrink, first half 19th century each terminal engraved with the initials ‘JM’, seven stems engraved ‘AFDT’, comprising: five tablespoons and four table forks, 460g all in ; a pair of Cape silver Old English pattern table forks, Johannes Combrink, first half 19th century, the terminals engraved with the initials ‘JR’, 120g all in ; and a Cape silver Old English pattern table spoon, Johannes Combrink, first half 19th century, 55g (12) R9 000–12 000 299 Four Cape silver Old English pattern table spoons, Johannes Combrink, late 18th/early 19th century the terminals engraved ‘CAPE REG’above a crest, 250g all in (4) R4 000–6 000 The Corps van Pandoeren was formed by the Dutch administration of the Cape Colony in 1793. It changed its name to the Cape Regiment in 1795 when it came under control of the British. From 1803-06 when the Colony came under Dutch control the Regiment’s name changed again to the Corps van Vrye Hottentotten and later the Hottentot Ligte Infanterie. In 1806, when the British took control again the Regiment was renamed the Cape Regiment and had its headquarters in Simonstown. It was divided and renamed for the final time in 1817. 300 A pair of Cape silver Old English pattern orange spoons, Jan Lotter, early 19th century each engraved with a wrigglework border, the stem engraved with the initials ‘HB’, 30g ; and a Cape silver Old English pattern konfyt fork and orange spoon, Johannes Combrink, first quarter 19th century, each engraved with wrigglework, the terminal with a flowerhead, the stem engraved with the initials ‘IFS’, 30g all in (4) R2 000–3 000 LITERATURE cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Cape Town: A A Balkema. The Jan Lotter orange spoons are illustrated on page 93. 301 A set of eight Cape silver Fiddle pattern dessert spoons, John Townsend & Thomas Lock Townsend, 1824-1825 the terminals engraved ‘African Club’, 300g all in ; and another four dessert spoons and a table spoon, Thomas Lock Townsend, first quarter 19th century, the terminals similarly engraved, 220g all in (13) R8 000–10 000 298 299 300 301 121