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Voortrekker Monument Silver Spoon Set 7 Spoons Silver..132grms. Box in good condition & clasps working. Stunning set!!!
Set of 6 teaspoons and matching jam spoon in original box Designed to commemorate the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria on 16 December 1949. The front of the spoons have the Boer ox-wagon wheel and powder horns, along with the Zulu shield & assegaai . The rear has an outline of the Voortrekker Monument, with inscription "1949 SVK UWB". . SVK stands for Sentrale Volksmonumente Komitee (Central Peoples Monument Committee) which was formed in 1931, with the aim to build a monument to honour the Voortrekkers (Pioneers) who left the Cape Colony in 1835. The spoons were sold to assist raising funds for the building of the monument, which cost GBP 350000. The hallmarks are clear on all spoons. The spoons were designed by the famous South African artist W.H. Coetzer, the original design is in Museum Afrika in Johannesburg, and depicted in " Catalogue of Pictures in the Africana Museum", vol 6, pg 157, C1113. Willem Hermanus Coetzer also designed the Great Trek Commemorative postage stamps in 1938 and designed the marble friezes and tapesties in the Voortrekker Monument in 1948.
