Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

21 T O P L A C E A B I D C L I C K O N T H E R E D L O T N U M B E R 448 Transvaal Pottery SOUTH AFRICAN 1908–1915 Children’s Xmas Festival 1909; Union Day, Potchefstroom, May 31st 1910, Commemorative Mugs, two 1) South African coat of arms on the reverse; Transvaal Pottery trade mark and inscribed with ‘Made specially for Becketts, Pretoria’on the underside; 2) CRBP & L Co Ltd trade mark on the underside glazed ceramic with coloured transfer each height: 85 cm R1 000 – 2 000 451 Transvaal Pottery SOUTH AFRICAN 1908–1915 Vessel with Spaniels inscribed ‘With the Compliments of Worthington Bros., Cleveland, Xmas 1912’ glazed ceramic with coloured transfer height: 158 cm R1 000 – 2 000 449 Drostdy Ware (Grahamstown Pottery) SOUTH AFRICAN 1940–1965 Brooch and Earrings painted and glazed ceramic in silver plate settings brooch: 5 by 4 cm; earring: diameter: 2 cm R3 000 – 5 000 The items in the present lot are decorated with Drostdy Ware ‘Bushman Rock Art’motifs, also used on the studio’s ranges of tiles, decorative plates, tableware and other utilitarian household ceramic objects. 450 Linnware SOUTH AFRICAN 1943–c.1962 Two-handled Jug inscribed with the studio name on the underside glazed ceramic height: 24 cm R20 000 – 30 000 LITERATURE Jo-Marie and Piér Rabe (2004) Cape Furniture and South African Ceramics, Stellenbosch: Piér Rabe Antiques, a similar example illustrated on the cover and on page 30. Alexander Duffey, Riana Heymans and Jan Middeljans (2018) Olifantsfontein Potters 1907–1962, Bela Bela: Dream Africa, similar examples illustrated on pages 21 and 34. 448 449 450 451