COMMEMORATIVE PIN AND RIBBON Bridgeport, Conn., early 20th century
AUCTION 24 |
Tuesday, June 29th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg
Lot 359
COMMEMORATIVE PIN AND RIBBON
Bridgeport, Conn., early 20th century
Est: $400 - $600
The use of an image of clasped hands as a symbol of “unity and fidelity” appears in a handful of American marrige contracts from the mid-19th century.
See Kestenbaum and Company, Sale VII, lot 622; see also Jewish Museum Catalogue, The Jewish Heritage in American Folk Art (1984) no. 47 pl.5.