Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 14 March 2016
Session 2
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 628
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver sugar box, Johannes Casparus Lotter, late 18th/early 19th century
oval, the bombé body moulded with panels of stylised shells, with conforming domed hinged cover and thumbpiece, raised on four flower-headed paw feet, later bud-and-leaf finial, 275g, 11cm high
Literature
cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths, Cape Town: A A Balkema. Similar examples are illustrated and discussed on pages 98 and 99.
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