Collections: Decorative Arts: Box in the Form of an Ethrog

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Box in the Form of an Ethrog

• Medium: Silver
• Geographical Locations:
  • Possible place made: Netherlands
  • Possible place made: Poland
• Dates: ca. 1900 after 17th-century model
• Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (11.7 x 12.1 cm)
• Markings: "VS" inside rim.
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 55.224
• Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by the Jerome Levy Foundation
• Image: Overall, 55.224_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Box in the Form of an Ethrog, ca. 1900 after 17th-century model. Silver, 4 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (11.7 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 55.224 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 55.224_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Silver lidded box in the shape of ethrog (a kind of citrus fruit) with stem, embossed with rough rind-like surface, rests on oval foot embossed with scroll decoration, on center within scroll frame Hebrew inscription that reads: "A presentation from the Burial Society with good wishes to the President, the Honorable Simeon, son of Klunimus, on his seventieth birthday the first day of Pentecost, 5670 (1909-1910) by the abbreviated era," used during the harvest festival of Sukkoh. [See catalogue sheet in Decorative Arts departmental filesvfor Hebrew translation.] Condition: Good.