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 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 44 555
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
oval-shaped bowl engraved with a reeded band and gadrooned rim, the sides applied with harp-shaped handles, raised on a stepped base, on four ball feet, 310g,10,5cm high
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
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