Auction 90
Fine Judaica Including: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Jul 21, 2020
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Building 77 Suite 1108 Brooklyn NY, 11205, United States
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LOT 8:
IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH POINTER BY MATHAEUS STÄDLEIN.
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Start price:
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10,000
Estimated price :
$10,000 - $15,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH POINTER BY MATHAEUS STÄDLEIN.
Marked “MS” at top. Length: 10.5 inches (27 cm).
Nuremberg, c.1730
Matheus Städlein, working 1716-35, made several fine items of Jewish ritual silver. Judaica by Städlein are most uncommon to appear at auction. Judaica by Städlein listed in the catalogue of the Germanisches National Museum: A Havdalah Compendium, presently in The Jewish Museum, London; a Chanukah Lamp, in The Jewish Museum, New York; a Torah Crown, in the Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth; and a Torah Shield, formerly in the Steinhardt Collection (sold Sotheby's, New York, April 29, 2013, lot 99). A detail of the "MS" hallmark for this maker is illustrated and described in: Susan L. Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, a Catalogue Raisonne, (2004) p. 357. See links below for a Spice Tower and Torah Shield crafted by this expert silversmith: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/judaica-n09060/lot.55.html? locale=en. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/a-treasured-legacy-steinhardt-n08961/lot.99.html.
Matheus Städlein, working 1716-35, made several fine items of Jewish ritual silver. Judaica by Städlein are most uncommon to appear at auction. Judaica by Städlein listed in the catalogue of the Germanisches National Museum: A Havdalah Compendium, presently in The Jewish Museum, London; a Chanukah Lamp, in The Jewish Museum, New York; a Torah Crown, in the Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth; and a Torah Shield, formerly in the Steinhardt Collection (sold Sotheby's, New York, April 29, 2013, lot 99). A detail of the "MS" hallmark for this maker is illustrated and described in: Susan L. Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, a Catalogue Raisonne, (2004) p. 357. See links below for a Spice Tower and Torah Shield crafted by this expert silversmith: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/judaica-n09060/lot.55.html? locale=en. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/a-treasured-legacy-steinhardt-n08961/lot.99.html.
