Johannes Casparus Lotter (Senior)
Active 1766-
Johannes Casparus Lotter was the son of Matthias Lotter and Anna Dorothea van den Berg. He was baptized at the Cape on 25 August 1737 and married Johanna Catharina van Kerken on 7 May 1758. He probably completed his apprenticeship under his stepfather, Johann Hasse. He began working as a silversmith from around 1766 and his date of death is unrecorded.
A Cape silver coffee pot, Johannes Casparus Lotter, c.1760 urn-shaped with beaded and engraved borders, the hinged cover with an ovoid finial, the side applied with a wooden scroll handle, raised on an oval footrim, gilt interior, 530g,22cm high.
Provenance: Strauss & Co, The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection, 9 July 2025.