Etrog box. Jerusalem, Land of Israel, [ca. 1900].
Carved olivewood, lined with fabric; print on paper.
Octagonal wooden box bearing depictions of holy sites, with handwritten Hebrew labels: "The Western Wall", "Tomb of Our Mother Rachel", "Cave of the Patriarchs". Quotes from the Bible and greetings for the Sukkot holiday are inscribed on the lid in black ink.
A printed note is glued to the inner surface of the lid. It bears the following dedicatory inscription (Hebrew): "A ‘mishlo’ach manot’ [in context, ‘gift’] to the Magnate [indecipherable] / Yitzhak Yehuda Hartstein, may his light illuminate / from the Sephardi Congregation / Here, Debrecen, may the Lord protect it."
Height: 8.5 cm. Width: 15 cm. Depth: 10.5 cm. Good condition. Few fissures. Key missing. On bottom, inked stamps in Hebrew (from Jerusalem) and Hungarian.
