![Wooden snuff box for tobacco, with an anti-Semitic relief on the lid. [Alsace, 18th cent.].
Carved rosewood.
On the lid of t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale36-public/101.jpg "Snuff Box for Tobacco with an Anti-Semitic Relief – Alsace, 18th centu")
Auction 36 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
Snuff Box for Tobacco with an Anti-Semitic Relief – Alsace, 18th century
Opening: $3,500
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Wooden snuff box for tobacco, with an anti-Semitic relief on the lid. [Alsace, 18th cent.].
Carved rosewood.
On the lid of the box appear figures of three Jewish merchants, depicted in a ludicrous way.
Length: 6.5 cm, width: 10.5 cm, height: 2.5 cm. Good condition
Such a box is in the collections of the Jewish Museum of London.
See also: The Jew in Antisemitic Art, the Peter Ehrenthal collection, published by the Wolfson Museum and the Museum of Jewish Art, Heichal Shlomo, 2011. Item 39.
Carved rosewood.
On the lid of the box appear figures of three Jewish merchants, depicted in a ludicrous way.
Length: 6.5 cm, width: 10.5 cm, height: 2.5 cm. Good condition
Such a box is in the collections of the Jewish Museum of London.
See also: The Jew in Antisemitic Art, the Peter Ehrenthal collection, published by the Wolfson Museum and the Museum of Jewish Art, Heichal Shlomo, 2011. Item 39.
Judaica objects; various
Judaica objects; various