SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
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December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
tik form, octagonal with beaded borders, panels of gilt running foliage, angled baluster handle, bird finial, fitted with a scroll of Esther, ink on parchment
length 7 in.; 17.9 cm
height of scroll 2 5/8 in.; 6.6 cm
Probably Sassoon David Sassoon (1832-1867), to his son
Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855-1918) of Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by whom lent to the 1887 exhibition
And by descent in the Sassoon family
Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855-1918) of Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by whom lent to the 1887 exhibition
And by descent in the Sassoon family
London, 1887: Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, no. 1807, "Megilla, in engraved silver-gilt case, surmounted by a bird, and with a winder," illustrated opposite p. 112