Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

129 336 A yellowwood and stinkwood box, 19th century the hinged rectangular top enclosing a fixed compartment with aperture, the exterior and inside front inlaid with stinkwood bands, on a moulded base, the inside of the top inscribed in pencil Pieter Johanes Volkwyn is de maaker gemaak op din eerstin diezember 1886, and the name Daan Willem Gericke, lacking lock-plate, 17cm high, 38,5cmwide, 19,5cm deep R –  PROVENANCE The Hans Fransen Collection 337 A teak and ebony Boer War box, circa 1900 rectangular, the hinged top applied with strapwork and inlaid corners, with brass handle, the front and sides applied with serrated ebony borders, some loss, 14cm high, 25cmwide, 10cm deep R –  PROVENANCE This box was made by the great- grandfather of the present owner, Diederick Johannes Kruger (born 1870), who was a POW and imprisoned in Ceylon during the Anglo-Boer War. 338-360 No Lots 334 336 337 335