On four ball feet, a rectangular box with lock; hinged lid. with gadrooned edge. Overall engraved with foliate pattern; lid engraved “Rabbi Moses Isaac Spektor.” Marked inside lid. H: 90mm. Lacking key.
AUCTION 7 |
Tuesday, June 22nd,
1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 1
SILVER ETHROG CONTAINER.
American, late 19th - early 20th century.
On four ball feet, a rectangular box with lock; hinged lid. with gadrooned edge. Overall engraved with foliate pattern; lid engraved “Rabbi Moses Isaac Spektor.” Marked inside lid. H: 90mm. Lacking key.
Est: $600 - $900
This former sugar box was transformed into a Jewish ceremonial object. It was apparantly made for a relative of the illustrious Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Spektor (1817 - 1896), of Kovno, Lithuania. In addition to his Halachic reknown, was a proponent of Jewish migration to Palestine, he banned the importation of Ethrogim from Corfu, so as to stimulate their growth in the Holy Land.