Auction 55 · Lot 419
INGENIOUS AMERICAN SYNAGOGUE SABBATH CHARITY DEVICE.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $2,100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Early 20th-century
Description
Six wooden record-keeping devices, specifying details of: Synagogue honorarium, the relevant members name and address, as well as choice of charity designated, such as: orphanage, old age home, etc.
Along with set of paper tabs with Hebrew and English letters and dollar amounts. The whole housed within olive-wood hinged box. Length: 28 inches.
summary
Hinged lid with lengthy Hebrew inscription by the Marcus Family of Boston. Recording the names of family members to be memorialized.