SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
tik form, octagonal with beaded borders, alternating panels of gilt scrolling vine and floral cartouches, angled baluster handle, hardstone bead finial, fitted with a scroll of Esther, ink on parchment
length 8 3/4 in.; 22 cm
height of scroll 4 in.; 10 cm
Probably Sassoon David Sassoon (1832-1867), to his son
Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855-1918) of Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (assuming example in 1887 exhibition)
And by descent in the Sassoon family
Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855-1918) of Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (assuming example in 1887 exhibition)
And by descent in the Sassoon family
Probably London, 1887: Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, no. 1808, "Megilla in engraved silver-gilt case", lent by J.S. Sassoon, not illustrated.
This Esther Scroll case has the same beaded and twisted wire borders as the previous lot and probably came from the same workshop. As it has also come down in the Sassoon family, it has been tentatively identified with no. 1808 in 1887, also lent by J.S. Sassoon but not illustrated.