Auction 66 · Lot 377
Of classic style, with hinged lid at top for quill compartment and attached ink-well with hinged stylized shell lid. Engraved in Arabic with scroll- and geometric-patterning. Length: 8.5 inches.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
NEAR EASTERN BRASS SCRIBE’S CASE.
Publication
c. 1900(?)
summary
For a similar example of a scribe’s case, see Israel Museum Catalogue, Sephardi Jews of the Ottoman Empire (1990) p. 199.