An Austrian Gilt-Metal Charity Box for Dowering Brides, Schindlauer, Lodz, c. 1860-80

An Austrian Gilt-Metal Charity Box for Dowering Brides, Schindlauer, Lodz, c. 1860-80

architectural form with crenelated rim, the surfaces tooled with wrigglework foliage, one side applied with a cast disk of a couple, the other with clasped hands and Hebrew inscription "Society for Dowering Brides", dolphin-form cover to keyhole, marked on base

Height 6⅛in (15.5 cm)