A BRASS AND SILVER FILIGREE MOUNTED MEGILLAT ESTHER CASE, fitted with a fruit-shaped revolving handle, the cylindrical body decorated with moulded bands at mid-point and at both ends, the edges with beaded borders, mounted with filigree floral motifs between twisted wire-work frames, surmounted by an openwork crown, mounted with filigree work, topped by a foliate- and fruit-form knob, containing a Megillat Esther, ink on vellum, 24 lines per column, vellum 12.2 cm high, column 10.3 cm high, case 24.2 cm long, fitted in the original wooden container, mounted with brown leather, closing on a hook, probably The Netherlands, 18th Century

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A BRASS AND SILVER FILIGREE MOUNTED MEGILLAT ESTHER CASE, fitted with a fruit-shaped revolving handle, the cylindrical body decorated with moulded bands at mid-point and at both ends, the edges with beaded borders, mounted with filigree floral motifs between twisted wire-work frames, surmounted by an openwork crown, mounted with filigree work, topped by a foliate- and fruit-form knob, containing a Megillat Esther, ink on vellum, 24 lines per column, vellum 12.2 cm high, column 10.3 cm high, case 24.2 cm long, fitted in the original wooden container, mounted with brown leather, closing on a hook, probably The Netherlands, 18th Century
27 cm long

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