Lot 423
Silver-Filigree Spice Container - "Bezalel"
Spice container created at "Bezalel". Jerusalem, [second decade of the 20th century].
Silver, filigree. Marked (Hebrew): "Bezalel Jerusalem" (on the base).
Container in the form of a flattened ball, screwed lid. At the top is a Star of David decoration hung with two chains ending in bell clappers. Engraved in the center of the container is the inscription (in Hebrew), "Blessed are Thou… Creator of many spices" in tiny, elegant script, with a miniature menorah-shaped decoration.
Height: 13 cm. Good condition. Slight bends.
Literature: Preisverzeichnis der Erzeugnisse der Kunstgewerbeschule Bezalel in Jerusalem, Berlin, ca. 1913, no. 211 (photographed on p. 7).
