Engraved in German on both handles to the President of the Jewish Women’s Society (“Israelitischen Frauenverein”) of Falkenau, commemorating twenty five years of service. Marked: “Argentor.” 16 x 8.25 inches.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 479
AUSTRIAN PRESENTATION TRAY.
Engraved in German on both handles to the President of the Jewish Women’s Society (“Israelitischen Frauenverein”) of Falkenau, commemorating twenty five years of service. Marked: “Argentor.” 16 x 8.25 inches.
1911
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Falkenau was the German name for the Bohemian (now Czech Republic), city of Sokolov. In 1930 the Jewish community numbered just 170. The one Synagogue of Sokolov was destroyed by the Nazis following the return of the Sudetenland to Germany in 1938.