Willem Godfried Lotter
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 90 094
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver tray, Willem Godfried Lotter, c.1770-1810
rectangular, pierced and beaded border, raised on four bun feet, 755g
length: 30cm
Notes
Willem Godfried Lotter, baptised at the Cape on 29 September 1748, was the son of Matthias Lotter and Anna Dorothea van den Berg. He married Helena Wilhelmina Cornelisse on 7 April 1776, and later Wilhelmina Margaretha Wentzel on 15 August 1779. He began working as a silversmith around 1770 and continued until 1809. He died in 1810. It appears that Willem Godfried and his son shared the same silversmith marks, as these marks have been found on items dated both earlier than the son's working period and later than the father's.
Stephan Welz (1976), Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: AA Balkema, Page 137.
Provenance
Private Collection.
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