Two wood plaques, souvenir from Jerusalem [early 20th century]. Carved and engraved olive wood; printed. Carved on both plaques is the form of the Western Wall and behind it three pine trees and another tree. On one of the plaques the words “Jerusalem, Western Wall” are printed in Hebrew. On their reverse sides are stamps of Joseph Rabinowitz - “Olive Wood Productions in the Holy City of Jerusalem". Length: 12-12.5 cm, width: 11.5-12.5 cm. Good condition. There is a crack in one of the plaques.

Lamp made of a shell, with engraving of Rachel's Tomb. Eretz Israel, [ca. mid 1920s]. Table lamp consisting of two shells. On the upper shell, where the bulb is placed, the form of Rachel's Tomb is engraved, and an inscription "K. Rachel". Electrical mechanism and the bulb are intact. Similar cameo works were made by the carving department of "Bezalel" and by independent workshops of Moshe Murro and Mordechai Avniely in the mid 1920s. Height: 19.5 cm, width: 11.5 cm.

Thirty five ivory carvings (and other materials) that were made by students in the Carving Department of “Bezalel” and in the independent workshops of Moshe Murro and Mordecai Avnieli, Jerusalem, [1910s and 1920s]. Carved and engraved ivory; Galalith (material that looks like ivory); marble. Most of the works here are made of carved ivory, by students in the Carving Department of “Bezalel” (managed by Meir Gur-Aryeh from 1911) or in the independent workshops of Moshe Murro (founder of the "Kamea" workshop for carving amulets in ivory and stone) and Mordecai Avnieli (who taught in the Ivory Carving Department in the years 1925-1929 and was the head of the ivory carving workshop at the end of the 1920s). Two of the works are made from marble, and it is possible that some were made from galalith (a material that looks like ivory) and two are made of an unidentified material. These plaques were mostly used for inclusion in silver, leather or wooden articles. The plaques bear various decorations, among them: a wild goat, figures of men and women, a winged lion, a hunting bird, a painter in a studio, a mythological bird (phoenix or griffin), a Jew praying, a goat and a kid, a kid and a stick (“Chad Gadya”) etc. Some are signed on the front or the reverse side with the stamps of the artists: "A" / "M" (apparently Michaeli) / "David" / "Z. [Ze’ev Navon”] / “Murro” / “Horovitz” / “Farberov”; Some are marked with numbers on the reverse side. Various sizes and conditions.

Terracotta plaque with a figure of a Yemenite wise man, made by Meir Gur-Aryeh. “Menorah” group (part of “Bezalel”) Bezalel, [1913-1919]. Terracotta. Signed with initials “MG” [Meir Gur-Aryeh] in the upper right corner. Figure of a Yemenite wise man, inscription: “Yemenite wise man”. Among members of the “Menorah” group were Ze’ev Raban, Meir Gur-Aryeh and Samuel Persov. All works by the group were made of terracotta using a mould. Height: 15 cm., width: 9 cm, depth: 1 cm. Wood frame: 22X16 cm. Break along the width in the center. See: “Bezalel” by Schatz, 1906-1929, exhibition catalogue (Israel Museum, 1982), page 35.