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

Stone Seal with a Silver Handle – Poland

Opening: $500
Unsold
Seal. Poland, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Cast silver, engraved gemstone.
An oval seal with a stylized silver handle, set with a red gemstone engraved with a Latin monogram "WW" and surrounded by the legend "…Avigdor son of… Zeev Wolf from Zawichost" (Hebrew).
Jews lived in the town of Zawichost in East Poland since early in the 18th century and by the first half of the 20th century more than one third of the town's residents were Jewish.
Diameter: 23 mm. Height: 35 mm. Good condition. Some fractures to bezel.
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jewish Ceremonial Art