Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Withdrawn - Miniature Esther Scroll in a Silver Case – Cave of the Patriarchs (Me'arat HaMachpelah) – Eretz Israel

Opening: $1,000
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Withdrawn.

Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century].
Ink on parchment; silver - embossed, soldered and engraved.
Sephardic script. 14 lines per column.
The scroll is places in a silver case embellished with an etching of Me'arat HaMachpelah and with vegetal patterns. Covers designed like flowers with petals cap both sides of the case. The handle is designed like an octagonal prism, with a silver marble.
Height of case: 17 cm. Height of parchment: 5.5 cm. Good-fair condition. The covers capping both sides of the case are loose. Corrosion. Dents. Stains to parchment and several tears to margins. Dark dampstains at the top of the first membrane.

Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
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