Auction 60 · Lot 479
Engraved in German on both handles to the President of the Jewish Women’s Society (“Israelitischen Frauenverein”) of Falkenau, commemorating twenty five years of service. Marked: “Argentor.” 16 x 8.25 inches.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
AUSTRIAN PRESENTATION TRAY.
Publication
1911
summary
Falkenau was the German name for the Bohemian (now Czech Republic), city of Sokolov. In 1930 the Jewish community numbered just 170. The one Synagogue of Sokolov was destroyed by the Nazis following the return of the Sudetenland to Germany in 1938.