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Rare Cape Silver Tablespoons (Set of 4) - Johannes Heegers
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Reference: S1536
Period: George III
Year: 1814-1830
Silversmith: Johannes Jacobus Heegers
Place: Cape
Price: $ 540.00
Weight: 260 grams
Dimensions: 22.0 cm
Condition: Excellent, 2 scratches to one bowl. Tips excellent, these spoons have not seen much use.
Description: A rare and lovely set of Fiddle pattern Cape silver tablespoons, by a rare maker whose work is seldom seen. The spoons are very good quality and weight, and are well preserved, these are substantial spoons. The drop is an unusual shape, has a colonial flavour. The hallmarks are excellent on all 4 spoons, makers mark JH in script and a device that looks like a bishops hat (mark 50 in Welz, Cape Silver). Heegers was born in the Cape in 1778, and worked between 1814 and 1830. In 1814-1816 he was recorded as a silversmith at 6 Roze street, and in 1829-1830 he was recorded as a silversmith in Graaff-Reinet, working with his brother Theodorus. A covered sugar bowl by Johannes Heegers is in the National Cultural History museum, depicted on pg 101 of Cape Silver by Welz.
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Cape Silver Spoons - Johannes Heegers
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Back of spoons
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Side view
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Johannes Heegers Makers Mark
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Cape Silver Hallmarks
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Scale
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