Jan Lotter
Active 1813-1817
Possibly Johannes Matthias Lotter (1759) son of Johannes Casparus Lotter (1737) and Johanna Catharina van Kerken.
A rare, pointed terminal cape silver konfyt fork (preserve fork), that matches the celebrated Cape silver lemoen lepels (orange spoons). The fork has 4 tines, pointed terminal, and traditional Cape bright cut prick engraving, two wavy lines around the edge of the handle. The spoon is clearly hallmarked with makers mark IL (Welz mark 71 in Cape Silver), and also has original owners stamped mark HB. This fork matches S11467, the matched set of konfyt fork and lemoen lepel. Jan Lotter, who was regarded by Heller in his book “History of Cape Silver” as “a highly skilled craftsman”, only worked for 4 years between 1813 and 1817, so he probably died young. He made most of the prized Cape silver “lemoenlepels” (orange spoons) known to exist today, and know we know he made matching forks. He worked from 22 Keerom Street, Cape Town.
Weight: 14 grams
Dimensions: 15 cm
Provenance: Leopard Antiques