Lot 222
Wooden Box Inlaid with Stone Tiles - Cyprus Internment Camps
Wood and stone box from the internment camps in Cyprus, [late 1940s].
Oblong wooden box. On the lid is a stone plaque decorated with an image of a ship at sea, surrounded by a frame and ornaments. One of the ornaments bears the engraved Hebrew inscription "Kafrisin" ["Cyprus"]. The sides of the box are decorated with chiseled stone tiles with geometric ornaments.
Height: 8 cm, length: 14 cm, width: 20 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to wood. Damage and fractures to stone (some chips with losses). Engraving on the base of the box.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
