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Two-Color Gold Circular Box with Revolutionary War Presentation Inscription, Probably Hanau, Circa 1785

Lot Closed

January 23, 05:31 PM GTNN

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Two-Color Gold Circular Box with Revolutionary War Presentation Inscription, Probably Hanau, Circa 1785


concentrically engine-turned and applied with leaf-tip borders, surrounding a flowerhead on matted ground, indistinctly marked inside body and cover


3 oz 5 dwt

105.7 g

diameter 2 3/4 in.

7 cm

The inscription inside the cover reads: “Presented to Major Benjamin Wolfe by his brother officers, Richmond Virginia 1794”


Benjamin Wolfe, Jewish emigrant from Germany to America in 1774, served under Washington, reaching the rank of Major. He rejoined the army and commanded troops in Virginia in 1812. He was a member of the Common Hall, and with his political connections, secured a burial plot for the local Sephardic congregation at Beth Shalom House of Peace. His son Udolfo came to New York in 1825 and expanded the family liquor firm Wolfe & Co. importing Schnapps from Germany and Schiedam in Holland.

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