Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Synagogue Memory-Plate – Damascened Craftsmanship, 1915

Opening: $5,000
Unsold
Memory-plate for synagogue in shape of a domed pendant. Brass set with silver and copper (Damascened craftsmanship), 1915.
Decorated with many vegetal and leaves-shaped decorations; upper and lower parts are also decorated with fish.
Hebrew dedication: "Dedication to the Lord in memory of the young man who died before his time, Ovadiah, son of Yom Tov Bokai, may he rest in Eden, who passed away on November 22, 1915, may his soul be bound up in the bond of life".
Height: 29 cm, width: 23.5 cm. Good condition.
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