Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30 Mar 2022
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AN ISLAMIC TRENCH ART SHELL CASE
AN ISLAMIC TRENCH ART SHELL CASE
BEZALEL SCHOOL, C.1917
inlaid with silver and copper with Islamic designs and text, the base with a brass inset panel, stamped 'Fried Krupp A.G.'
27.7cm high
Catalogue Note
The decoration on this case possibly celebrates the liberation of Jerusalem by the British from the Ottoman Empire in 1917.
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