A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHER SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
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December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER MINIATURE ESTHE🍸R SCROLL CASE, BAGHDAD OR INDIAN IN BAGHDADI STYLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
tik form, octagonal with beaded borders😼, pan𝕴els of gilt running foliage, angled baluster handle, bird finial, fitted with a scroll of Esther, ink on parchment
length 7 in.; 17.9 cm
height of scroll 2 5/8 in.; 6.6 cm
Probably Sassoon David Sassoon (1832-1867), to his son
Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855-1918) of Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by whom lent to the 1887 exhibition
And by descent in the Sassoon family
Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855-1918) of Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by whom lent to the 1887 exhibition
And by descent in the Sassoon family
London, 1887: Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, no. 1807, "Megilla, in engraved silver-gilt case, surmounted by a bird, and with a winder," illustrated opposite p. 112