Obj. ID: 36512  Ethrog container, Schoonhoven, 1923

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

During the Succot holiday, there are four species that are used during the prayers both in the synagogue and in the Succah. One of these is the lemon-form etrog. To protect it while not in use, some sort of container was used, but until the latter part of the 19th century, there was no container specific for this purpose that was created. After 1900 such an etrog container became more common.

This form of Etrog box is a special Dutch type from the first third of the 20th century, with a place for an inscription. There are several examples of this type in collections around the world, some of them with inscriptions. It is probably the most accurate representation of the Etrog made in silver in the relatively short history of such containers and a type exclusive to the Netherlands.