Auction 60 · Lot 461
RARE BEZALEL SILVER INKWELL.
- Estimate
- $8,000–$10,000
- Hammer price
- $8,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Jerusalem, c. 1915
Description
Round receptacle and ink chamber, decorated with chased floral and foliate motifs in high relief with coordinating domed lid. Acid etched Hebrew Mishnaic verse along rim: “Lo Alecha HaMelacha Ligmor, VeLo Atah Ben Chorin LeHibatel Mimena” (It is not your responsibility to finish the work, yet you are not free to desist from it either. - Ethics of the Fathers 2:16). Marked. Height: 2.75; Diameter: 3.75 inches.
summary
A most attractive piece.