A CONTINENTAL SILVER JUDAIC AMULET CASE, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 17/18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 11, 04:08 PM GTNN
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A CONTINENTAL SILVER JUDAIC AMULET CASE, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 17/18TH CENTURY
rectangular with pierced cresting and moulded pillars, sides engraved with Hexagram enclosing the word Shaddai in Hebrew, additional Hebrew within fleur-de-lis cartouches and flowers on reeded ground, removable base plate fixed with pins, suspension ring, 7cm., 2 3/4 in. high; 33gr., 1oz. 1dwt., unmarked; and a parcel-gilt filigree spice container, unmarked 16th/17th century, ball shaped, separating into two halves, the central detachable band, chased with a crown flanked by Hebrew blessing of spices on a zig-zag ground, between applied rope-work bands, on a banded stem and domed foot embossed and chased with spiral gothic lobes and foliage, cast openwork finial, painted inventory number 9486
80gr., 2oz.10dwt.
11cm., 4 1/4in. high
A comparable amulet, North Italian, 18th century, with similar pillars, cresting and engraved Shaddai is illustrated in Isaiah Shachar, The Feuchtwanger collects ion of Judaica, The Isreal Museum, Jerusalem, 1981, no. 800