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Auction 51 · Lot 382
Wall-mounted wooden-case with applied Hebrew lettering in gilt; wooden rollers, (lacking text). Designed by Nathan Dzyloni. 24 x 24 x 5 inches.
- Estimate
- $8,000–$9,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
LARGE WOODEN SYNAGOGUE PRAYER-CASE.
Publication
1852
summary
Represents the unique custom established by the great Chatham Sofer (Moses Sofer, 1762-1839) who instituted the public recitation of five Chapters of Tehillim on days in which Tachnun is said.
See Y.L Schill, Sepher Minhagei Baal Chasam Sofer, p. 12.