Cape silver snuff box
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c.1814-1853
Johannes Combrink Cape Colony A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853 octagonal, the hinged cover with shield-shaped cartouche indistinctly engraved with 'MEJ', wrigglework engraving throughout, gilt interior, interior engraved with 'SCC', 75g width: 6,3cm Private Collection.
He married Aurelia Wilhelmina Lotter on 5 April 1807 and remained active as a silversmith in Cape Town until his death on 9 November 1853. Combrink began his trade at 29 Dorp Street (1814"1825), then worked from 28 Dorp Street (1826"1829), 47 Dorp Street (1830"1841), and finally 50 Dorp Street (1842"1853). Stephan Welz (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema, page 130. The engraved shield decoration on the cover was often used by Combrink. width: 6,3cm
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- silver
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- width: 6,3cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 202787055
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.