Lot 15
  • 15

An Italian Silver Pidyon Ha-ben Plate, probably Turin, early 19th century

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • apparently unmarked
  • Silver
  • 15 in.
  • 38.1cm
the center embossed with a pair of hands in blessing over Hebrew inscription, surrounded by bands of neoclassical swags and paterae, old repairs and replacements

Provenance

Property from the Collection of Michael and Doris Zagayski, Sotheby's New York, June 29, 1995, lot 43

Exhibited

The Jewish Museum, New York, The Silver and Judaica Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zagayski, 1963, no. 99

Literature

Kaiser and Shoenberger, Jewish Ceremonial Art, Philadelphia, 1959, no. 184

Condition

old repairs and reinforcements
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