Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

276 A Cape stinkwood and yellowwood display cabinet, late 18th century the moulded gable with later key-block above a pair of conforming glazed doors enclosing three shelves with later white- painted interior, later panelled sides, the lower half with flower- and leaf-carved crested panelled doors enclosing two shelves, with fluted canted corners, on a stepped moulded plinth base, 244cm high, 142cmwide, 46cm deep R150 000–180 000 PROVENANCE Sold: The Contents of Vergelegen, Somerset West, 1942, Lot 632. Formerly the property of Sir Lionel and Lady Phillips. LITERATURE Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer. (1987) Town Furniture of the Cape , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 93, number 354. Graham Viney. (1989) Colonial Houses of South Africa , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated in colour on page 24, positioned in the agterkamer. Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer. (2004) Cape Antique Furniture , Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated on page 360, number 1514. PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 270 - 278 111