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Auction 11 · Lot 313
PEWTER CHARITY PLATE FOR BURIAL SOCIETY. Bohemia, 19th century.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Deep-walled dish engraved in center with detailed depiction of four pallbearers bearing the deceased, with architectural background; surrounded by Hebrew quotation (Proverbs 11:4): “Riches profit not in the day of wrath, but charity delivereth from death.” Marked on back. Diam: 210mm.
summary
The image, with the four figures in knickers and flat hats, against a background of tiled-roofed houses, calls to mind the celebrated cycle of fifteen paintings commissioned by the Chevra Kadishah of Prague in the late 18th century. See D. Altshuler, The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections (1983) nos. 143 and 147, pp. 155 - 157