Auction 79 · Lot 280
Engraved at center in French: “Son Excellence Docteur A Harell
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
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RUSSIAN SILVER PRESENTATION TRAY
Description
/ Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire d’Israel en URSS / De Collegues du Corps Diplomatique / Moscou 1962” ["His Excellency Dr. A Harell / Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to the USSR / Diplomatic Corps Collegues / Moscow 1962.”] Bevelled edge. Reverse marked W.A. Bolin. Diameter: 15.5 inches.
summary
His Excellency Arie Harel served as the State of Israel’s Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1959-62. Upon the end of his service in Moscow, his diplomatic colleagues presented him with this tray, made by one Russia’s oldest firms.