Carved pentagonal base with depressed pen channel, two hinged-lidded inkwells, featuring prominent fisherman statuette. Carved on base: “Made in DP Camp Germany 1949.”
AUCTION 65 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 228
D.P. CAMP WOODEN DESK CADDY.
Carved pentagonal base with depressed pen channel, two hinged-lidded inkwells, featuring prominent fisherman statuette. Carved on base: “Made in DP Camp Germany 1949.”
1949
Est: $800 - $1,200
Manufactured by an unknown survivor in the workshops of a Displaced Persons Camp, Germany. The figure of a fisherman requires explanation.