Auction 68 · Lot 45
GERMAN SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $8,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Augsburg, 1747-49
Description
Rectangular box with four interior compartments, sliding rimmed cover with cast flower bud finial. Set on four curvilinear legs. Inscribed along side in Hebrew: “Moshe Zorach Eidlitz.” Marked: Johann Christian Girschner (1738-1772). 2.75 x 1.75 x 1.25 inches.
summary
Possibly belonging to Abraham Moses Zerach ben Meir Eidlitz (c. 1720-1786), Rabbi, mathematician, Rosh Yeshiva in Prague and author of Or LaYesharim. Eidlitz was educated in the home of R. Jonathan Eybeschuetz and was a member of the Beth Din of the Noda B’Yehudah.
For a similar example see S. Kayser, Jewish Ceremonial Art (1959) no. 99.