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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, INDIA, 1906
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A silver cylindrical document case
Apparently unmarked, India, 1906
Decorated all over with scrolling foliage and flowers, fluted, beaded and chased floral and foliate bands, the centre with two rampant lions supporting a shaped shield inscribed From the Poona Jewish community to Jacob Sassoon Esquire, on the occasion of laying the Foundation stone of Jacob Sassoon European Hospital July 1906
38cm. (15in.) long
482gr.
Apparently unmarked, India, 1906
Decorated all over with scrolling foliage and flowers, fluted, beaded and chased floral and foliate bands, the centre with two rampant lions supporting a shaped shield inscribed From the Poona Jewish community to Jacob Sassoon Esquire, on the occasion of laying the Foundation stone of Jacob Sassoon European Hospital July 1906
38cm. (15in.) long
482gr.
Provenance
Estate of Sir Victor Sassoon
Bt., G.B.E. and Lady Sassoon
Bt., G.B.E. and Lady Sassoon