GERMAN SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
AUCTION 68 |
Thursday, April 07th,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 45
GERMAN SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
Augsburg, 1747-49
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,500
Possibly belonging to Abraham Moses Zerach ben Meir Eidlitz (c. 1720-1786), Rabbi, mathematician, Rosh Yeshiva in Prague and author of Or LaYesharim. Eidlitz was educated in the home of R. Jonathan Eybeschuetz and was a member of the Beth Din of the Noda B’Yehudah.
For a similar example see S. Kayser, Jewish Ceremonial Art (1959) no. 99.