Johannes Marthinus Lotter
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 40
Johannes Marthinus Lotter
A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Marthinus Lotter, c.1844-1879
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 15 243
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver snuff box, Johannes Marthinus Lotter, c.1844-1879
rectangular, moulded with reeded bands, curved hinged cover with a foliate thumbpiece, the centre applied with a plaque engraved with initials 'FJMK', gilt interior, 100g,8cm wide
Notes
The hallmark is a combination of JM Lotter and J Combrink. Combrink and Lotter were brothers-in-law as Lotter's sister was Aurelia Wilhelmina.
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection
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