Auction 63 · Lot 409
MINIATURE BEZALEL SILVER MEGILLAH CASE.
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $4,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
1927
Description
Central section depicting scenes of the Purim story, fitted with Esther-scroll, printed on parchment, with five hand-colored vignettes of the Purim narrative after Raban. With upper rim stating in Hebrew” A Gift from the Bezalel School to its Members, 1927;” lower rim in English reads: “Membership in Bezalel.” Marked. 4 inches (length of case).
summary
See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel, p. 266, no. 21.