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SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
7 December - 17 December 2020 • New York
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1. A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY

2. A PARCEL-GILT SILVER ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY

3. A PARCEL-GILT SILVER ESTHER SCROLL CASE, PROBABLY BAGHDAD, MID 19TH CENTURY

4. A MAGNIFICENTLY DECORATED KETUBBAH FROM BOMBAY, 1853

5. A SUMPTUOUS WEDDING ROBE FOR A GROOM, BOMBAY, 1853

6. A SWISS GOLD, EMERALD, AND ENAMEL OPENFACE WATCH, MOULINIE FRERES & CO., GENEVA, CIRCA 1830

7. A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL, AND DIAMOND LADY’S HUNTER-CASED WATCH, PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVA, NO. 16801, CIRCA 1860

8. A SWISS LADY’S GOLD, ENAMEL, AND JEWEL-SET HUNTER CASE WATCH, MAKER'S MARK C & A, CIRCA 1880

9. TWO SIMILAR SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASES, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

10. A SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

11. A SILVER MEMORIAL PLAQUE FROM A TORAH ARK CURTAIN, DATED 1895
![A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, THE SILVER SIGNED EZEKIEL [BEN] DAVID NAWI, BAGHDAD, THE SCROLL SIGNED ISAAC [BEN] REUBEN [BEN] SADKAH [BEN] MOSES HUSSEIN, 19TH CENTURY](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f844c05/2147483647/strip/true/crop/988x2000+0+0/resize/150x304!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F4a%2Fdf%2F3eaf45b545baaf07ebc114f5ffd3%2F063n10399-b7r8s.jpg)
12. A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, THE SILVER SIGNED EZEKIEL [BEN] DAVID NAWI, BAGHDAD, THE SCROLL SIGNED ISAAC [BEN] REUBEN [BEN] SADKAH [BEN] MOSES HUSSEIN, 19TH CENTURY

13. THE KAISAR-I-HIND GOLD MEDAL, AWARDED TO LADY RACHEL EZRA (NÉE SASSOON) IN 1947

14. A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, MARKED GOTHIC K, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY

15. A CHINESE EXPORT PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL ESTHER SCROLL CASE, MARKED GOTHIC K, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY

16. A GOLD FISH-FORM SCENT FLASK, USED BY THE SASSOON FAMILY FOR HAVDALAH, PROBABLY CHINESE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

17. A CHINESE SILVER FISH-FORM SCENT FLASK, USED BY THE SASSOON FAMILY FOR HAVDALAH, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY

18. A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT AND NEAR EASTERN GOLD JEWELRY

19. A PAIR OF LARGE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH FINIALS, CHARLES REILY & GEORGE STORER, LONDON, 1842

20. A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVER-GILT AND JEWEL-SET FILIGREE TORAH FINIALS, HEDDE BUYS, SCHOONHOVEN, 1840-57

21. A LARGE DUTCH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER SET WITH JEWELS, HEDDE BUYS, SCHOONHAVEN, 1840-53

22. A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVER-GILT FILIGREE TORAH FINIALS, MID 19TH CENTURY

23. A PAIR OF ENGLISH SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL "PINEAPPLE" MINIATURE TORAH FINIALS, MAKER'S MARK -C, PROBABLY LONDON, 1804

24. AN ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER, HENRY GREEN, LONDON, 1790

25. A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH POINTER, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

26. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL TORAH SHIELD, SIGNED AND DATED IN HEBREW ELIMELEKH TZOREF OF STANISLAV, 1782

27. AN IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD ENGRAVED WITH A PLAN OF THE HOLY TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM, ATTRIBUTED TO ELIMELEKH TZOREF OF STANISLAV, CIRCA 1780

28. A VERY RARE GERMAN SILVER CIRCUMCISION FLASK, INSCRIBED EMDEN, DATED 1621-22

29. A GERMAN SILVER-GILT HANUKAH LAMP, MAKER'S MARK NS, FRANKFURT, LATE 18TH CENTURY

30. A RARE ITALIAN GOLD ESTHER SCROLL CASE, 18TH CENTURY

31. A GERMAN SILVER-GILT CHAIN, PROBABLY LATER USED AS A MARRIAGE BELT, MAKER'S MARK EH CONJOINED, PROBABLY FOR EUSTACHIUS HOHMAN OF NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1600

32. A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MINIATURE TORAH CROWN, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1861

33. A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MINIATURE TORAH CROWN, ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1860

34. A LARGE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1860

35. A MINIATURE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER, CHARLES FOX II, LONDON, 1845
![SIDDUR OF THE BEN ISH HAI WITH LURIANIC KABBALISTIC COMMENTARY, [BAGHDAD: 19TH CENTURY]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c60be92/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1551x2000+0+0/resize/150x193!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3b%2F8e%2F0c08803a4b90bdc70084766f73a9%2F016n10399-bbmhz.jpg)
36. SIDDUR OF THE BEN ISH HAI WITH LURIANIC KABBALISTIC COMMENTARY, [BAGHDAD: 19TH CENTURY]
![TEFILLIN (PHYLACTERIES) OF THE BEN ISH HAI, RASHI AND RABBEINU TAM PAIRS, [BAGHDAD: 19TH CENTURY]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/08cf884/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1372x2000+0+0/resize/150x219!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F63%2Fe2%2F373cfc1740979682d2d4dee4e34c%2F234n10399-xxxxx-composed.jpg)
37. TEFILLIN (PHYLACTERIES) OF THE BEN ISH HAI, RASHI AND RABBEINU TAM PAIRS, [BAGHDAD: 19TH CENTURY]

38. A RARE SET OF CHINESE EXPORT PARCEL-GILT SILVER-CASED TORAH SCROLL AND HAFTARAH SCROLL, THE SCROLLS SENT BY THE BEN ISH HAI TO FLORA SASSOON, THE CASES MARKED GOTHIC K, PROBABLY 1893

39. AUTOGRAPH COPY OF THE SERMON GIVEN BY THE BEN ISH HAI AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SOLOMON DAVID SASSOON, BAGHDAD: 1894

40. A MINIATURE SILVER-GILT MODEL OF THE TEMPLE MENORAH, PRESENTED TO YOUNG DAVID SOLOMON SASSOON BY THE BEN ISH HAI, 19TH CENTURY

41. A GOLD, ENAMEL, AND JEWELED SERPENT NECKLACE, CIRCA 1875

42. TWO JEWELED RINGS

43. THREE VICTORIAN DIAMOND BROOCHES, LATE 19TH CENTURY

44. A PLATINUM, SAPPHIRE, AND DIAMOND JABOT PIN

45. A PEARL NECKLACE

46. A GOLD, PEARL, AND DIAMOND BANGLE
![HEBREW-ARABIC DICTIONARY, ALI BEN ISRAEL, [MIDDLE EAST: 11TH CENTURY]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1ea99fc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1428+0+0/resize/150x107!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F38%2Ffe%2F919f3ebb4a909f3f19514c39865d%2F028n10399-bjpz5.jpg)
47. HEBREW-ARABIC DICTIONARY, ALI BEN ISRAEL, [MIDDLE EAST: 11TH CENTURY]
![FRAGMENT OF SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK), RABBI SAADIAH GAON, [SYRIA: 12TH CENTURY]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4bc4b94/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1871x2000+0+0/resize/150x160!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fee%2F4a%2F37adada94d16a8622f6eea16d410%2F024n10399-bjpyj.jpg)
48. FRAGMENT OF SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK), RABBI SAADIAH GAON, [SYRIA: 12TH CENTURY]