The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection

Timed Online Auction, 14 June - 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.


Current Bid

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Lot 21
  • A Cape silver teapot stand, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
  • A Cape silver teapot stand, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 9 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

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.

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