Lot 37
  • 37

A German silver Havdalah compendium, Johann Nicolaus Wollenberg, Nuremberg, circa 1770

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked with maker's mark and town mark on foot and top, maker also in drawer
  • Silver
  • height 7in.
  • 17.8cm
on spirally ribbed domed base, mounted with a spice compartment below a sliding candle holder

Literature

Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 2007) records a Havdalah compendium of 1799-1803 by this specialist Judaica maker in the Smithsonian Institution (maker 991, item 26, p. 461); Wollenberg was active 1759-1804.

Condition

posts have been resoldered and some wear throughout, otherwise good
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