Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
Filigreed Silver Havdalah Spice Box – Jerusalem
Opening: $200
Sold for: Unsold
Havdalah spice box. Jerusalem, [early 20th century].
Silver, filigree and granulation. Marked (Hebrew) twice: "Jerusalem".
Havdalah spice container in shape of flattened sphere. Two ornaments, also in shape of flattened spheres, one in middle of stem, and the other near upper end. Surmounted by flag-shaped ornament. Domed base. Similar in design to Havdalah spice boxes created in the early 20th century at Bezalel. See: "Preisverzeichnis der Erzeugnisse der Kunstgewerbeschule Bezalel in Jerusalem", Berlin, ca. 1913, item no. 211 (photo on p. 7).
Height: 14 cm. Minor warping.
Silver, filigree and granulation. Marked (Hebrew) twice: "Jerusalem".
Havdalah spice container in shape of flattened sphere. Two ornaments, also in shape of flattened spheres, one in middle of stem, and the other near upper end. Surmounted by flag-shaped ornament. Domed base. Similar in design to Havdalah spice boxes created in the early 20th century at Bezalel. See: "Preisverzeichnis der Erzeugnisse der Kunstgewerbeschule Bezalel in Jerusalem", Berlin, ca. 1913, item no. 211 (photo on p. 7).
Height: 14 cm. Minor warping.
Palestine
Palestine 