Lot 427
Eight Palestinian Olive Wood Items - Souvenirs from Jerusalem
Eight olive-wood items. Palestine, [late 19th or early 20th century, through 1917].
1. Small round wooden box with a removable lid. A shell ornamentation in the center of the lid. The word "Jerusalem" is printed around the rim of the lid.
2-4. Three letter openers. The word "Yerushalem" is printed on all three.
5. Box. Carved image of the Dome of the Rock on the lid with the printed words "Yerushalem" and "Jerusalem".
6. Goblet with the words "Yerushalem" and "Jerusalem" printed. Crack along the goblet.
7. A barrel-like box, with a removable lid (with a handle in the center). The word "Jerusalem" is printed on the side panel of the box. Breaks, cracks and old gluing repairs.
8. Flowers and Views of the Holy Land. Souvenir of the British Accupation 9th December 1917, Jerusalem. Monsohn lithographic press, Jerusalem. Hebrew, English and French.
Album with 11 illustrations, in color, of sites and places in Palestine. Pressed flowers appear on the parallel leaves. Bound in an olive-wood binding, with the Dome of the Rock carved on one side and the word "Jerusalem" printed on the other side.
10X16.5 cm. Stains. One flower is partly detached. Lacking one tissue guard. Pasted on two illustrations (Rachel's Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs) are postcards with illustrations of the Holy Sepulcher.
Total of eight items. Size and condition vary.
