Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Silver Candlesticks with Dedication - Rabbi Shlomo of Rawicz, Grandson of the Pnei Yehoshua
Opening: $400
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Pair of candlesticks. [Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland), ca. 1746-1758].
Silver (marked. Maker: Johann Gottlieb Schmidt?).
Pair of candlesticks on a wide base. A dedication from 1813 is engraved on the bases: "Donated by R. Shlomo, Rabbi of our community of Rawicz / with his wife the Rebbetzin Miriam 5573 [1813]".
R. Shlomo Hertzfeld, Rabbi of Rawicz, was son of R. Shlomo Dov of Głogów, and grandson of the author of Pnei Yehoshua (his father, R. Shlomo Dov was the son-in law of the Pnei Yehoshua). He died childless in Iyar 1813 and was succeeded in the rabbinate by his brother R. Aharon Yehoshua Eliyahu Hertzfeld.
Height: 20.5 cm. The base: 13.5X14.5 cm. Fair condition. Breaks and old repairs. Bends and stains.
Silver (marked. Maker: Johann Gottlieb Schmidt?).
Pair of candlesticks on a wide base. A dedication from 1813 is engraved on the bases: "Donated by R. Shlomo, Rabbi of our community of Rawicz / with his wife the Rebbetzin Miriam 5573 [1813]".
R. Shlomo Hertzfeld, Rabbi of Rawicz, was son of R. Shlomo Dov of Głogów, and grandson of the author of Pnei Yehoshua (his father, R. Shlomo Dov was the son-in law of the Pnei Yehoshua). He died childless in Iyar 1813 and was succeeded in the rabbinate by his brother R. Aharon Yehoshua Eliyahu Hertzfeld.
Height: 20.5 cm. The base: 13.5X14.5 cm. Fair condition. Breaks and old repairs. Bends and stains.
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