A Georgian soup tureen once owned by the Montefiore family, a dish that belonged to an 18th century politician, and Torah bells from a north London synagogue are up for sale in an auction.
The tureen was made in 1823 by renowned silversmith Paul Storr to mark the marriage of Benjamin Cohen to Justina Montefiore. The tureen bears the couple’s arms, and has lion paw feet. Experts say it could fetch £12,000 to £16,000 when it goes under the hammer.
The meat plate dates from 1766 and was owned by Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley (1744 – 1824), the son of Jewish banker Sampson Gideon (1699–1762). Mr Eardley later became a Tory MP who supported the Jew Bill of 1753, which legalised naturalisation of Jewish people — and was repealed a year later. The meat plate is expected to fetch up to £1,600.
The Torah finials, from Dalston Synagogue, are inscribed “Presented by the Honorary Workers of the Dalston Synagogue on the 25th Anniversary, 1885-1910” and are estimated to fetch £6,000. The shul, in Poets Road, Islington, closed in 1970.
A Torah breastplate in the same auction is also believed to have come from Dalston shul.
The auction will take place on October 23 at Chiswick Auctions.