Willem Godfried Lotter
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Willem Godfried Lotter
A pair of Cape silver-gilt Bible clasps, Willem Godfried Lotter, c. 1810-1835
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
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Starting at ZAR 9 000
Location
Johannesburg
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Cape Colony
A pair of Cape silver-gilt Bible clasps, Willem Godfried Lotter, c. 1810-1835
each engraved with flowerheads, swags, tassles and wrigglework borders, 80g all in
(2)
length: 10,5cm
Provenance
The Mary Eleanor Hibbert collection.
Strauss & Co, 7 March 2011.
Notes
The late 18th century clasps are generally cast with a floral openwork decoration and fitted in pairs; whereas later bibles and hymnals have only a single clasp engraved with a simple geometric design. Often unmarked, clasps on hymnals would appear to have remained popular until late into the 19th century.
Literature
Stephan Welz (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town, A A Balkema, similar examples illustrated on pages 52-55.
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