Engraved with depiction, based on drawing by Alphonse Levy, of woman lighting Sabbth lights; rim engraved with Hebrew inscription refering to Sabbath lights. Undecipherable marks on back. Diam: 228mm.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

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PEWTER SABBATH PLATE Probably Alsace, 19th - 20th century

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“Alphonse Levy (1843 - 1918) is noteworthy as the sentimental and good-natured satirist of Alsacian-Jewish types and customs.” Roth, C., Jewish Art: An Illustrated History (1961) p. 582.

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Engraved with depiction, based on drawing by Alphonse Levy, of woman lighting Sabbth lights; rim engraved with Hebrew inscription refering to Sabbath lights. Undecipherable marks on back. Diam: 228mm.

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