Willem Godfried Lotter
Session 1
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LOT 1
Willem Godfried Lotter
A Cape silver fish slice, William Godfried Lotter, c.1810-1835
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 053
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
length: 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 an engraved and pierced decoration.
Literature
Stephan Welz, Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town, AA Balkema, pages 65-66
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