Willem Godfried Lotter
Session 1
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LOT 1
Willem Godfried Lotter
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Current Bid1 bid
Current bid
ZAR 6 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver fish slice, William Godfried Lotter, c.1810-1835
the pierced blade engraved with wrigglework, applied with a hollow handle, 205g all in
lenght: 19cm
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert collection.
Notes
Introduced to the Cape by English silversmiths in the second quarter of the 19th century. Since a fish slice was then normally included in a service of table silver, the handles were made to match the rest of the service, the blades generally have a engraved and pierced decoration.
Literature
Stephen Welz, Cape silver and silversmiths, Cape Town, A.A Balkema, pages 65-66
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