The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection

Timed Online Auction, 14 June - 9 July 2025

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
About the Session

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.

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Found 38 lots in session 1

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
(Lots 1 → 40)
A Cape silver Old English pattern soup ladle, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
 
Bid26
A Cape silver Old English pattern soup ladle, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Starting at ZAR 7 000
 
A Cape silver fiddle pattern basting spoon, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
 
Bid27
A Cape silver fiddle pattern basting spoon, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Starting at ZAR 8 000
 
A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
 
Bid28
A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Starting at ZAR 4 000
 
A Cape silver two-handled sweetmeat dish, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid30
A Cape silver two-handled sweetmeat dish, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Starting at ZAR 27 000
 
A Cape silver double beaker, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid31
A Cape silver double beaker, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Starting at ZAR 72 000
 
A Cape silver spectacle case, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid32
A Cape silver spectacle case, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Starting at ZAR 12 000
 
A Cape silver snuff box, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid33
A Cape silver snuff box, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Starting at ZAR 4 000
 
A Cape silver fiddle pattern ladle, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
 
Bid34
A Cape silver fiddle pattern ladle, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Starting at ZAR 9 000
 
A Cape silver presentation alms dish, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
 
Bid35
A Cape silver presentation alms dish, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Starting at ZAR 40 000
 
A Cape silver beaker, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
 
Bid36
A Cape silver beaker, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Starting at ZAR 45 000
 
A Cape silver snuff box, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
 
Bid37
A Cape silver snuff box, John Townsend, c.1824-1841
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Starting at ZAR 5 000
 
A Cape silver pap boat, Frederick David Waldek, c.1830-1877
 
Bid38
A Cape silver pap boat, Frederick David Waldek, c.1830-1877
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Starting at ZAR 9 000