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SPECTACULAR VINTAGE SYROCO GROOT TREK PLAQUE
RARE VERY RARE
VERY SOUGHT AFTER IN THE COLLECTORS MARKET DUE TO SCARCITY
THIS MAGNIFICENT VINTAGE SYROCO WOOD PLAQUE DATES TO AFTER 1938. THE PLAQUE IS MADE FROM SYROCO WOOD WHICH WAS A TECHNIQUE FOUNDED BY ADOLPH HOLSTEIN IN 1890. THE MOULDING TECHNIQUE WAS DEVELOPED WHERE SYROCO COULD CREATE PERFECT REPLICAS OF THE ORIGINAL CARVINGS AND THE RECIPE OF WOOD PULP, FLOUR, WAXES AND RESINS COMBINED WITH COMPRESSION FORMED THE MOULD. THE PLAQUE WAS A COMEMMORATIVE PLAQUE FOR THE GROOT TREK EEUFEES (1838 TO 1938). THE PLAQUE IS IN REMARKABLE GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE AND HAS INCREDIBLE CRISP DETAILING. THESE PLAQUES ARE HARD TO COME BY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. IT HAS GREAT WEIGHT TO IN AND MEASURES 60cm LONG x 40cm HIGH. Weight 2kg.Made in the USA.