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Cape Silver Lemoen Lepel - Johannes Combrink
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Reference: S1924
Period: George III
Year: Circa 1814
Silversmith: Johannes Combrink
Place: Cape
Price: $ 460.00
Weight: 14 grams
Dimensions: 14.8 cm
Condition: Good, repair to small split to bowl, 2 small dents to bowl.
Description: A Cape Silver lemoen lepel, (orange spoon), in good condition, and with very clear makers mark. This spoon is typical of the Cape lemoen lepels, with pointed terminal and bowl, the bowl itself eye shaped and quite deep. The spoon has typical Cape engraving, with a 4 petal flower and wrigglework along the edges of the handles. It also has a distinctive V joint connecting handle to bowl. The spoon has a slight copper tinge, this is exaggerated in the photographs. The IC makers mark is well struck and clear (Welz mark 32 with canted corners). Welz describes orange spoons as"probably the most attractive type of spoon made at the Cape, derived from Dutch spoons", pg 95. He also notes that all known examples are by Cape born silversmiths of the early 19th century (so not made by the more prolific English immigrants who arrived after 1815). As far as we are aware, only Jan Lotter and Johannes combrink made lemoen lepels, probably between 1800 and 1815. Note - this spoon matches the pair S 1922 and single S 1923.
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Cape Silver Lemoen Lepel - Johannes Combrink
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