Auction 42 · Lot 354
PEWTER PLATE DESIGNATING "MIZRACH"
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Central Europe, Late 19th-century
Description
Plate with engraved depiction of Jerusalem in center, surmounted by the Hebrew word for East, designated as the direction for prayer; rim bears appropriate Hebrew citation: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand lose its cunning." (Psalms 138:5). Diam: 11 inches
summary
The central image echoes a classic depiction, ca. 1850, of Jerusalem’s Holy sites; see Z. Vilnay, The Holy Land in Old Prints and Maps (1965) p. 85