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MAKER'S MARK OF JAMES DEAKIN & SONS, CHESTER, 1900.
Details
A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CASED MEGILLAH
Maker's mark of James Deakin & Sons, Chester, 1900.
The case formed as four spool-form sections, each pierced and chased with scrolling flowers, foliage and trelliswork, the top surmounted by a crown, the winding handle chased with foliage and two vacant cartouches--overall length 17in. (44.5cm.).
Maker's mark of James Deakin & Sons, Chester, 1900.
The case formed as four spool-form sections, each pierced and chased with scrolling flowers, foliage and trelliswork, the top surmounted by a crown, the winding handle chased with foliage and two vacant cartouches--overall length 17in. (44.5cm.).
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, May 13, 1981, lot 16.
Exhibited
'Purim: The Face and the Mask', Yeshiva University Museum, February 14 - June, 1979.