Strauss & co - 10 - 11 May 2020, Cape Town

92 364 A Cape stinkwood, yellowwood and bone-inlaid bible desk, 18th century the rectangular crossbanded top inlaid with half-fan paterae, the hinged fall-front inlaid with a pair of birds flanking a radiating circle within formal bands and inlaid stringing, enclosing a long drawer flanked by two pairs of short drawers above an open compartment, the lower half with a frieze drawer above a wave- shaped apron, on square-section chamfered legs, on outset feet, 102cm high, 98cmwide, 70cm deep R150 000 - 200 000 PROVENANCE Professor Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979) Director of the National Botanical Gardens at Kirstenbosch and Professor of Botany at the University of Cape Town from 1919-1953. The Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch Gardens was named in his honour. Thence by descent to the current owner. 365 A Cape stinkwood rusbank, 18th century the wave-shaped top- and mid-rails united by pierced conforming splats, chamfered back supports with stylised heart-shaped finials, riempie seat, downcurved arms with scroll terminals, on chamfered front and back legs joined by box-stretchers, 245cm long R80 000 - 100 000 PROVENANCE The Olivier family, The Towers, Oudtshoorn. LITERATURE cf. Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer (2004) Cape Antique Furniture , Struik Publishers, illustrated on page 130, fig. 631. 364 365 VARIOUS PROPERTIES