Auction 56 · Lot 17
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER ETHROG CONTAINER.
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $5,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
summary
Pressburg?, marked 1816.
Fruit-form container, the hinged lid chased with depiction of an ethrog within a band of roses, surrounded by the Hebrew verse: “And you shall Take for yourselves the Fruit of the Finest Tree” (Leviticus 23:40).
Gilt interior.
Marks: HL, CC (in script). Length: 7 1/4 inches (18.7 cm). Grimwade no. 116 (149).
For a similar example, see Historisches Museum Frankfurt am Main, Synagoga (1961) no. 355.