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Auction 2 · Lot 38
GERMAN / AUSTRIAN BRASS CHARITY BOX.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $3,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
circa 1910
Description
Weinstein, p. 102 (illustrated). In Jugendstil style, four panels between facetted pillars. Embossed in relief, the front decorated with Star-of-David and inscribed in Hebrew Keren Kayemeth Le-Yisrael, with German translation below. The back with scrolled grapevine motif within beaded borders, sides each with Memorial Light (Ner Tamid). Stepped rectangular roof fitted with coin-slot. Bottom with hinged lid and lock. Signed on base. H: 152 mm.
summary
A stylish Art-Nouveau charity box designed by Leopold Fleischhacker.