Johan Hendrik Vos
Active 1767- 1810
Johan Hendrik Vos was the son of Jan Hendrik Vos (1715) and Johanna Bok. Baptized at the Cape on 23 March 1749. On 13 December 1767 Vos married Judith Elisabeth Mulder who died without issue. On 29 July 1770 he married Elisabeth Rossouw by whom he had twelve children. He was apprenticed to Johann Hasse for a period of five years from 7 October 1761. His youngest brother Michiel Christiaan Vos served his apprenticeship with him from 1774 to 1779.
A Cape silver teapot, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1760-1810 oval, engraved with a vacant wreath cartouche on both sides, the shoulder engraved with foliate band and wrigglework, the hinged cover surmounted by a wooden finial, the side applied with a wooden c-scroll handle, 670g,15cm high.
Provenance: Strauss & Co, The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection, 9 July 2025.