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 MINIAT𝕴URE 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).