Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Stone Table Top Ashtray – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947/1948
Opening: $500
Unsold
Stone table top ashtray with matches and cigarette compartments, made by a detainee in the Cyprus detention camps, 5708 (1947/1948).
The ashtray is divided into three compartments: an open ashtray; a compartment for matches with a sliding lid carved with a relief map of Cyprus; and a cigarette compartment, the lid carved with a relief of a pole wrapped with barbed wire, inscribed "Cyprus 5708" (Hebrew).
The ashtray is attached to a wooden base and placed in a display case.
Approx. 12X12X2.5 cm. Good condition. Cracks (repaired with glue) to the lid of the cigarette compartment.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The ashtray is divided into three compartments: an open ashtray; a compartment for matches with a sliding lid carved with a relief map of Cyprus; and a cigarette compartment, the lid carved with a relief of a pole wrapped with barbed wire, inscribed "Cyprus 5708" (Hebrew).
The ashtray is attached to a wooden base and placed in a display case.
Approx. 12X12X2.5 cm. Good condition. Cracks (repaired with glue) to the lid of the cigarette compartment.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The British Mandate of Palestine, Jewish Enlistment, Illegal Immigration,
Cyprus Detention Camps and the Establishment of the State of Israel
The British Mandate of Palestine, Jewish Enlistment, Illegal Immigration,
Cyprus Detention Camps and the Establishment of the State of Israel