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

Auction Closed

December 17, 05:06 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

on tripod base, the budded branches rising to a rack of lamps with the wicks pointing to the center

apparently unmarked

height 5 in.

12.7 cm

This lot is accompanied by a letter from the Sassoon family, confirming the presentation of this piece by Rabbi Joseph Hayyim of Baghdad to Flora and Solomon's son, David Solomon Sassoon (born 1880).