CAPE SILVER: Set of 4 Table Spoons by Lawrence Twentyman (Bid per spoon to take all 4)

CAPE SILVER: Set of 4 Table Spoons by Lawrence Twentyman (Bid per spoon to take all 4)

Lawrence Holme Twentyman was born in Liverpool in 1783. In 1818 he went to the Cape with his younger brother William, after they inherited money from a great uncle.

The brothers arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on 12 June 1818 on the ‘Ann’ and Lawrence opened a shop at the corner of Wale Street and Adderley Street in Cape Town. Lawrence was a watchmaker & silversmith, and later became a partner in Twentyman & Co with John Chrisholm in 1820 running his own shop next door to that of his brother.

His first advertisement appeared in the Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette on 4 July 1818.Within four years Lawrence had established himself as the leading silversmith at the Cape, receiving commissions from the governor, churches and leading citizens. He became the most prosperous and best known English silversmith at the Cape.

The spoons are almost 210mm in length and weighs on average 61 grams each. All four are hallmarked with Welz (Cape Silver) mark number 133.

You are bidding per item to take all four these beautiful old Cape Silver Table Spoons.

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