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Auction 4 · Lot 354
L: 95mm
- Estimate
- $10,000–$12,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
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AUSTRIAN SILVER SNUFF-BOX.
Publication
Vienna, 1829
Description
Of rectangular form, the top of the hinged lid engraved with an elegant interior view of “Der Israelitische Tempel in Wien” - the Stadttempel. The base with an engraved invocation of thanks to Kaiser Franz I upon the inauguration of the synagogue, the text in Hebrew and German within elaborate arched portico. Marked.
summary
Inaugurated in 1826, Vienna’s famed Stadttempel was the city’s first legal synagogue since 1671. It’s traditional manner of prayer coupled with a reverential sense of decorum became a model for synagogues throughout the Austrian Empire. This fine silver snuff-box was doubtless presented to an honored member of the Congregation upon the establishment of the synagogue.
An aquatint with a similar interior view is in the Rubens Collection (no. 95). See also EJ, XVI col.124; and N. Vielmetti, 150 Jahre Stadttempel-Bilder und Dokumente in: Studia Judaica Austriaca vol. VI (1978)