Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Wooden Chess Box – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947/1948
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Chess box made in the detention camps in Cyprus, 5708 (1947/1948).
Fine wooden box. The lid doubles as a chess board and is inscribed on the margins "Souvenir from Cyprus / 5708" (Hebrew); edges with barbed wire pattern. Lined with fabric. A handwritten inscription on the underside reads "To Shayke, a souvenir from the Movement in Cyprus" (Hebrew).
The box contains a set of chess pieces (made of Bakelite). The black king piece is surmounted by a white Star of David (decoration missing on the white king piece).
Box: 15.5X15.5 cm. Height: 3 cm. Height of pieces: approx. 1.5 cm. to 3 cm. Good condition. One black pawn missing. Minor blemishes to game pieces.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Fine wooden box. The lid doubles as a chess board and is inscribed on the margins "Souvenir from Cyprus / 5708" (Hebrew); edges with barbed wire pattern. Lined with fabric. A handwritten inscription on the underside reads "To Shayke, a souvenir from the Movement in Cyprus" (Hebrew).
The box contains a set of chess pieces (made of Bakelite). The black king piece is surmounted by a white Star of David (decoration missing on the white king piece).
Box: 15.5X15.5 cm. Height: 3 cm. Height of pieces: approx. 1.5 cm. to 3 cm. Good condition. One black pawn missing. Minor blemishes to game pieces.
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