Saturday, 7 January 2023

 

A Pair of 17th/18th Century Rimmonim.

Silver Filigree.

Perhaps South German or made by a South German Craftsman.


450 x 150 mm.









Victoria and Albert Museum.

Purchased from dealer Murray Marks (1840 - 1918).

For M.M. see - Clive Wainwright, 'Murray Marks, connoisseur and curiosity dealer', Journal Hist. Collections, XIV 2002, pp.161-76.


https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109914/rimmonim-unknown/


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