Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Carved Shell - Dedication to Nahum Sokolow - Antwerp, 1931

Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Shell decorated with a "Mazal Tov" greeting to Nahum Sokolow, for his 70th birthday. Antwerp-Tel-Aviv, 1931.
Carved shell.
On the shell appears the dedication: "Mazal Tov to you, our great leader Nahum Sokolow (1861-1931) for your seventieth jubilee, from H. Sverdlov Tel Aviv, Antwerp 23.1.1931" (Hebrew).
Approx. 9X6 cm. Good condition. Some defects and stains.
Provenance: Estate of Sokolow-Raczkowski families.
Herzl, Zionism, Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Herzl, Zionism, Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel