Engraved with depiction, based on drawing by Alphonse Levy, of woman lighting Sabbth lights; rim engraved with Hebrew inscription refering to Sabbath lights. Undecipherable marks on back. Diam: 228mm.
AUCTION 7 |
Tuesday, June 22nd,
1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 116
PEWTER SABBATH PLATE
Probably Alsace, 19th - 20th century
Engraved with depiction, based on drawing by Alphonse Levy, of woman lighting Sabbth lights; rim engraved with Hebrew inscription refering to Sabbath lights. Undecipherable marks on back. Diam: 228mm.
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
“Alphonse Levy (1843 - 1918) is noteworthy as the sentimental and good-natured satirist of Alsacian-Jewish types and customs.” Roth, C., Jewish Art: An Illustrated History (1961) p. 582.