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Auction 11 · Lot 274
SCROLL OF ESTHER IN SILVER CASE Balkans, 19th century.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Scroll: Later vellum scroll. Initial letters of Chapters illuminatedCase: Embossed with foliate bands at base and on tiered domed top; ball finial; main surface bears textured floral ornamentation amid swirls. At base, twisted handle with stone terminal; thumbpiece bears handle and two paste stones. No marks found. H: 345mm.
summary
Note the similar quality of the silver work in a Torah Case found in Israel Museum Catalogue, Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire (1989) no. 29, p. 55