The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection

Live Virtual Auction, 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.

Sold for

ZAR 29 313
BrowseResults
Lot 20
Lot 21
Lot 22
  • A Cape silver teapot stand, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
  • A Cape silver teapot stand, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
Add to Wishlist
SaveSendPin ItCurrency
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 29 313

About this Item

Jan Lotter
Cape Colony
A Cape silver teapot stand, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
oval, applied with a gadrooned border, the surface engraved with a foliate band, raised on four feet, 200g,14,5cm wide

Provenance

The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection

Notes

Jan Lotter, active as a silversmith between 1813 and 1817 at 22 Keerom Street, may possibly be Johannes Matthias Lotter (born 1759), the son of Johannes Casparus Lotter (born 1737) and Johanna Catharina van Kerken.

Stephan Welz (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town, AA Balkema.

View all Jan Lotter lots for sale in this auction

Browse
Results
Lot 20
Lot 21
Lot 22
Other lots that might interest you
A Cape silver teapot, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1760-1810
5
A Cape silver teapot, Johan Hendrik Vos, c.1760-1810
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
A Cape silver two-handled sugar basin, Willem Godfried Lotter, c.1770-1810
14
A Cape silver two-handled sugar basin, Willem Godfried Lotter, c.1770-1810
ZAR 100 000 - 120 000
A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
20
A Cape silver two-handled sugar bowl, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
A Cape silver beaker, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
23
A Cape silver beaker, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
28
A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Combrink, c.1814-1853
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
A Cape silver spectacle case, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
32
A Cape silver spectacle case, Lawrence Holme Twentyman, c.1818-1837
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000