Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

246 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 R80 000–120 000 cf. Stephan Welz. (1976) Cape Silver and Silversmiths , Cape Town: A A Balkema. Similar examples are illustrated and discussed on pages 98 and 99. PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR | LOTS 245 - 266 96