Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Embroidered Basket for Matzos - Poland, 19th Century
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Basket for matzos. [Poland, 19th century].
Canvas on cardboard, embroidery in red cotton thread.
Embroidered inscription: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread" [Hebrew].
This basket is a few centimeters taller that other known baskets of this type.
See: Israel Museum collection, item no. B50.02.1788; 158/007 (acquired through the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization).
Height: 20 cm, diameter: 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Canvas on cardboard, embroidery in red cotton thread.
Embroidered inscription: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread" [Hebrew].
This basket is a few centimeters taller that other known baskets of this type.
See: Israel Museum collection, item no. B50.02.1788; 158/007 (acquired through the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization).
Height: 20 cm, diameter: 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.