The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection Auction | 9 July 2025

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection

Live Virtual Auction, 9 July 2025

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection

This auction features the notable private Cape silver collection of Mary Eleanor Hibbert assembled over many decades and featuring rare pieces, including a double beaker, alms dish, sugar bowls, snuff boxes and 18ct gold clasps from the golden age of Cape silversmithing. Master silversmiths included in this collection are Willem Godfried Lotter, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, Johannes Casparus Lotter, Johan Hendrik Vos and Jan Lotter.

Makers & Designers

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Category

Silver

Low Estimates

ZAR 2 000 or less

ZAR 2 001 - ZAR 5 000

ZAR 5 001 - ZAR 10 000

ZAR 10 001 - ZAR 15 000

ZAR 15 001 - ZAR 20 000

ZAR 20 001 - ZAR 50 000

ZAR 50 001 and more

Auction Sessions

Session 1

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection

Found 38 lots in session 1

Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT

A Cape silver table snuff box, Willem Godfried Lotter, c.1770-1810

ZAR 8 000 - 10 000

Sold for ZAR 18 760
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver two-handled sugar basin, Willem Godfried Lotter, c.1770-1810

ZAR 100 000 - 120 000

Sold for ZAR 111 388
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver fiddle pattern soup ladle, Willem Godfried Lotter, c.1770-1810

ZAR 6 000 - 8 000

Sold for ZAR 6 449
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver snuff box, Willem Lotter, c.1770-1810

ZAR 5 000 - 7 000

Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, Daniel Hockly, c.1787-1835

ZAR 12 000 - 15 000

Sold for ZAR 22 278
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver sugar basket, unknown maker HNS, 18th century

ZAR 250 000 - 300 000

Sold for ZAR 257 950
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver covered jug, Gerhardus Lotter, c.1810-1824

ZAR 50 000 - 70 000

Sold for ZAR 56 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817

ZAR 40 000 - 60 000

Sold for ZAR 44 555
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver teapot stand, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817

ZAR 10 000 - 12 000

Sold for ZAR 29 313
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver teapot, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817

ZAR 80 000 - 100 000

Sold for ZAR 87 938
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver beaker, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817

ZAR 20 000 - 30 000

Sold for ZAR 49 245
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

A Cape silver comb, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853

ZAR 5 000 - 7 000

Sold for ZAR 15 243
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

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