R45,000 - R55,000
A CAPE STINKWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The upper section with molded breakfront cornice above a double bank of serpentine fronted drawers flanking a bowfront cupboard and two drawers, the fall front enclosing a shelf and flanked by a pair of angled drawers, the lower section with three long drawers
226cm high, 141cm wide, 70cm deep
PROVENANCE
According to the previous owner, this cupboard originally came from the farm Boontjieskraal in the Caledon district.
On the inside back of the cupboard various names and the date 1777 are inscribed in pencil. These names possibly relate to Marthinus Theunissen, an official in the service of the Dutch East India Company, who served at the outpost Soetmelkvlei in the district of Caledon, and Conrad Greeve (called Gräbe in the death register of Swellendam), a joiner, resident in 1800 at Warmbath, Caledon. Gräbe came to the Cape from Marburg in Hesse.
Sold Stephan Welz and Co in Association with Sotheby's, Cape Town, 22 October 1992, lot 723
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:| 1 to 10000: | 23% inc VAT* |
| 10001+: | 19.55% inc VAT* |
| 1 to 10000: | 23% inc VAT* |
| 10001+: | 19.55% inc VAT* |
