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 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 49 245
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver beaker, Jan Lotter, c.1813-1817
cylindrical with tapering sides, engraved with a double-band of ribbed borders, inscribed 'Remember your friend at the Cape of GoodHope' '1813', gilt interior, 210g,8,5cm
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
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