The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection
Live Virtual Auction, 9 July 2025
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
About the SessionThis 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.
Lot Estimate
ZAR 250 000 - 300 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 257 950
About this Item
A Cape silver sugar basket, unknown maker HNS, 18th century
oval, urn-shaped with beaded and pierced rim, the sides applied with a pair of beaded handles, raised on a conforming footrim and rectangular base, 230g,17cm wide
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
The Du Plessis Family Collection of Cape silver.
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