Auction 90 · Lot 8
Marked “MS” at top. Length: 10.5 inches (27 cm).
- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH POINTER BY MATHAEUS STÄDLEIN.
Publication
Nuremberg, c.1730
summary
Matheus Städlein, working 1716-35, made several fine items of Jewish ritual silver. Judaica by Städlein are most uncommon to appear at auction.
Judaica by Städlein listed in the catalogue of the Germanisches National Museum:
A Havdalah Compendium, presently in The Jewish Museum, London; a Chanukah Lamp, in The Jewish Museum, New York; a Torah Crown, in the Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth; and a Torah Shield, formerly in the Steinhardt Collection (sold Sotheby's, New York, April 29, 2013, lot 99).
A detail of the "MS" hallmark for this maker is illustrated and described in: Susan L. Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, a Catalogue Raisonne