Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 14 March 2016
Session 2
Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 363 776
About this Item
A Cape silver tessie-on-stand, Gerhardus Lotter, late 18th/early 19th century
the everted beaded rim above a pierced border, raised on three ball-and-claw feet, fixed copper liner, 325g all in, 7,9cm high, secured by a silver nut and bolt to a circular stinkwood base, raised on three turned feet, 3,5cm high, 14,5cm diameter
Literature
cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: A A Balkema. Similar examples are illustrated and discussed on pages 107 and 108
Other lots that might interest you
A pair of Cape silver escutcheon plates, Johan Anton Bünning, second half 18th century
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
A Cape silver snuff box, Marthinus Lourens Smith, second half 18th/early 19th century
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, maker's mark ID between two stars, late 18th century
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, with maker's initial F.S, possibly Godfried Fredrik Schmitzdorff, late 18th/early 19th century
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
A Cape silver Fiddle pattern konfyt fork, Marthinus Lourens Smith, second half 18th/early 19th century
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
A Cape silver snuff box, Thomas Stephenson, mid 19th century
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
