A GERMAN CAST IRON INKSTAND in the shape of a "Spotjude", and probably depicting Mordechai Löb (1745-1817) known as "Das Preußje von Schlüchtern" on wooden moulded circular base, 19th Century

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A GERMAN CAST IRON INKSTAND in the shape of a "Spotjude", and probably depicting Mordechai Löb (1745-1817) known as "Das Preußje von Schlüchtern" on wooden moulded circular base, 19th Century
15.5 cm high

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cf. literature Paul Arnsberg Die Jüdischen Gemeinden in Hessen, Eduard Roether Verlag, page 184
cf. drawing of "Das Preußje von Schlüchtern" by Ludwig Grimm illustrated in W. Praesent, Bergwinkelgeschichten

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