Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
English, Cape and Colonial Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 107 996
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver teapot, Willem Godfried Lotter, late 18th/early 19th century
ovoid, the waisted body engraved with a foliate border below a reeded rim, with later leaf-capped wooden handle and swan-neck spout, the hinged semi-domed cover with later wooden finial, 670g all in, 16,9cm high
Literature
cf. Stephan Welz. (1989) Art at Auction in South Africa: Twenty Years of Sotheby's/Stephan Welz & Co, 1969-1989, Johannesburg: A D Donker. Page 232
cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: Balkema, Cape Town. Page 105, where a similar example is illustrated
View all Willem Godfried Lotter lots for sale in this auction
Other lots that might interest you
A silver double beaker, apparently unmarked, 18th century, of Cape interest
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl and cover, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, first half 19th century
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Four Cape silver Old English pattern table spoons, Johannes Combrink, late 18th/early 19th century
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
A set of eight Cape silver Fiddle pattern dessert spoons, John Townsend & Thomas Lock Townsend, 1824-1825
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
A Cape silver Fiddle pattern butter knife, John Townsend, first half 19th century
ZAR 800 - 1 000
Six Cape silver Fiddle pattern table spoons, Johannes Combrink, first half 19th century
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
