A RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MEGILAH FOR YAKOV ITSHAKOVICH, DERBENT, DAGESTAN, 19TH C.

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Start price: $5,000

Estimated price: $10,000 - $15,000

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The inscriptions, translated from Cyrillic, read "Jacov Itzakovich, Derbend" on the pull; on the barrel "souvenir from the Caucasus 1902." (Ð¯ÐšÐžÐ’ Ð˜Ð¦Ð¥ÐÐšÐžÐ ;’Ð˜Ð§Ðª, Ð”Ð•Ð Ð‘Ð•ÐÐ¢ ;, Ð’Ð¾ÑÐ¿Ð&frac 34;Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð° ;Ð½Ð¸Ðµ Ð¾Ñ‚ÑŠ ÐšÐ°Ð²ÐºÐ°&E TH;·Ð°, 1902Ð³.) 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 (Ð”Ðš).

L: 13 1/4 in., (33 cm.)

Condition: Excellent. The niello is in perfect condition. No dents or scratches to the body of Megilah.

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