Description:
An American silver hand-beaten bowl with engraved presentation inscription "To Jascha Heifetz from the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Pension Institution - Soloist, Pension Fund Concert Symphony Hall Boston January 7, 1934"
25 cm diameter, 645 grams.
As the most in-demand orchestral soloist of his generation, Heifetz was often asked and usually agreed to donate his services for concerts to benefit orchestra players' pension funds. On this occasion in 1934, his contribution was acknowledged with this presentation silver bowl.
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