Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 19 - 21 September 2022
Cape and Continental Silver, Furniture and Design
About the Sessionincluding The Louis & Mavis Shill Collection of Cape Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 147 940
About this Item
A Cape silver covered sugar bowl, Carel David Lotter, early 19th century
urn-shaped with reeded borders, the body engraved to the front and reverse with a shield-shaped cartouche centred by initials, below a lappet band with stippled line decoration, the sides applied with a pair of faceted handles, raised on a spreading circular foot and square base, similarly engraved, the domed cover engraved with a lappet border and stippled linework, surmounted by a bud and four-leaf finial, one leaf repaired, 14,9cm high, 335g
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, Important South African Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints, Books, Silver and Sculpture, Johannesburg, 25 September 1973, lot 226.
The Louis and Mavis Shill Collection.
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