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LOT 99:
A RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MEGILAH FOR YAKOV ITSHAKOVICH, DERBENT, DAGESTAN, 19TH C.
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$10,000 - $15,000
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A RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MEGILAH FOR YAKOV ITSHAKOVICH, DERBENT, DAGESTAN, 19TH C.
The inscriptions, translated from Cyrillic, read "Jacov Itzakovich, Derbend" on the pull; on the barrel "souvenir from the Caucasus 1902." (ЯКОВ ИЦХÐКОР;’ИЧЪ, ДЕРБЕÐТ ;, ВоÑпÐ&frac 34;мина ;ние отъ Кавка&E TH;·Ð°, 1902г.) Derbent is an ancient city in Daghestan on the Western shore of the Caspian Sea. The Jewish Encyclopedia gives the Jewish population in 1891 as 2,490 in a total population of 15,265. In 1888 it recorded 4 synagogues, 6 rabbis and 8 schools with 95 pupils.
Provenance: Important Judaica, 16 June 2022, Sotheby's, New York, Lot # 41.
Russian silver hallmarks: 84, DK (ДК).
L: 13 1/4 in., (33 cm.)
Condition: Excellent. The niello is in perfect condition. No dents or scratches to the body of Megilah.
