Spice box (besamim)
ante 1942
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Part of the collection: Ritual goblets and mugs in the collection of the Polin Museum
The object is the work of goldsmith Wester Israel Yesyevich, who probably worked in the former Russian Empire.The goblet is on a round, upright leg. The stem is nodus (with a decorative thickening), the cup is conical, with a curved edge of the spout. The mantle is engraved: the knurled (grooved) fields show simplified architectural and floral motifs.
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Author / creator
Dimensions
cały obiekt: height: 8,6 cm, width: 3,6 cm
Object type
vessel (container)
Technique
embossing, punching, polishing, chiselling, cast, soldering, bend, cut
Material
silver
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
Location / status
ante 1942
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
1801 — 1900
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
non ante 1894
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
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