The Serque Collection
A GERMAN SILVER HAVDALLAH COMPENDIUM, JOHANN LORENZ WERNBERGER, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1730-40
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A GERMAN SILVER HAVDALLAH COMPENDIUM, JOHANN LORENZ WERNBERGER, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1730-40
on shaped domed base, the spice compartment with drawer divided star-wise into 6 compartments, sliding sconce, engraved with borders of interlaced strapwork
marked on base rim
height 7⅛ in.
18.4 cm
Sotheby’s, New York, October 22, 2002, lot 407
Johann Lorenz Wernberger was born in 1700 and worked 1729-67. The Catalogue of the Germanisches National Museum lists a spice box by him in Jerusalem, Hechal Shlomo, Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Museum, 950-32-10 and a Torah Shield in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 148/20, 18a N, 2671-6-50.