Lot 242
  • 242

A GERMAN IRON CHARITY BOX

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • iron
  • height 5 1/4 in.
  • 13.4 cm
square black-painted form with riveted construction, the front painted in white in German, Portuguese...Jewish..fund for Poor, the hinged top numbered 32, C scroll handle mounted on side, with lock.

Exhibited

New York, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, The Collector's Room:  Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection, 1993, no. 123, illus. fig. 2, p. 5

Condition

Paint rubbed off, clasp missing.
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