The Serque Collection
A SILVER ETERNAL LIGHT, PROBABLY NORTH AFRICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A SILVER ETERNAL LIGHT, PROBABLY NORTH AFRICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the circular frame pierced with Hebrew inscription and also engraved, the basket-form base engraved and pierced with formal foliate designs, applied with three scroll arms and hung with chains of interlaced links from a domed canopy with ring finial
apparently unmarked
height 33 in.
84 cm
Around the rim: "For the elevation of [the soul of] the consummate, distinguished scholar, the honorable Rabbi Shem Tov ben Margi, may his memory last for eternity [and] may his soul be bound up in the Bond of Life."
Below: "For the elevation of the soul of the consummate, distinguished scholar, the honorable Rabbi Shem Tov ibn Margi, may his memory last for eternity, [and] Berakhah Yehuda, of blessed memory, who ascended [on High] to bask in the radiance of the Divine Presence on Tuesday, 2 Av [5]672 [July 16, 1912]. May their soul be bound up in the Bond of Life."