Passover Seder plate. [Jerusalem, 1920s].
Printed silk; cotton; metal.
Four round plates connected by stems with legs. On the upper plate - a printed silk fabric (Solomon printing press, Jerusalem) with verses and decorations about Passover and the Holy Places. A piece of fabric surrounds the plate and covers the upper fabric and the plate, ending with a decorative ribbon made of golden metal-threads. This special plate was presented as a gift for donors to Colel Shomre Hachomoth in Jerusalem.
Height: 17 cm, max. diameter: 39 cm. Good-fair condition. Some corrosion and bends to metal. Tears and stains to fabric.
Exhibition: Jodendom, een boek vol verhalen, by Edward van Voolen. Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 2011, item 52.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

Tapestry. Eretz Israel, 1904.
Wool yarns on perforated cardboard.
The embroidered tapestry is decorated with images of holy sites in Jerusalem and is inscribed accordingly: "Mount of Olives / Hulda the Prophet / Beit Hachofshit / Zachariah the Prophet / Tomb of Absalom / Midrash Shlomo / Western Wall / Mekom Mikdash". The year in which the tapestry was created is noted: 1904.
Approx. 60X46 cm. Good condition. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Literature:
Jerusalem - Spirit and Matter, Nitza Behruzi (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1993), p.56.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

Seventeen velvet and fabric Tefillin bags. [Eretz Israel and other locations, late 19th - first decades of 20th century].
Embroidery on velvet and fabric; print on fabric.
Most bags are embroidered with vegetal patterns and in their center an embroidered image of the Western Wall or a Star of David with the word "Zion". In addition - an embroidered inscription: "Mazkeret Yerushalem / Kotel Ma'aravi". Some bags are embroidered with the image of the Cave of the Patriarchs, a Star of David with the word "Tefillin" in the center, a Star of David with Tablets of the Law in its center. Two printed bags. Two bags bear names and a year. Tefillin are held in some of the bags.
Size and condition vary. 15X13 cm to 21X25 cm. Fair condition. Tears, unraveling and wear.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

1. Velvet Tefillin bag ("Sakara de Tefillin"). [Tangier, Morocco, early 20th century].
Purple velvet on cardboard; golden thread embroidery.
Shield shaped bag, on one side an inscription:"Aharon", on the other side: "Uziel", with a geometric and vegetal decoration. The bag has braided laces. Length: 22 cm, width: 13.5-16 cm. Fair-good condition. Some unraveled threads. Attachment of the two sides of the bag are unraveled.
2. Embroidered dedication plaque. North Africa (Morocco), [early 20th century].
Silk on cardboard; golden thread embroidery.
The plaque bears the inscription: "dedicated by Esther Ben Yizri Shalom in memory of her father David Cohen" (Hebrew). Length: 20 cm, width: 12.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Some letters are not completely embroidered. Wear and slight tears.
3. Embroidered dedication plaque. North Africa (Morocco), [early 20th century].
Silk on cardboard, silver thread embroidery.
The plate bears the inscription: "Dedicated by Shalom Ben Yizri in memory of his father Maimon Ben Yizri" (Hebrew). Length: 21 cm, width: 13.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and perforations to plate, some letters are not completely covered.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

Two bags for Tallit or Tefillin.
Lace and silver and gold threads embroidery.
The bags are made of fabric covered with one layer or more of lace embroidered with silver and gold threads. A Star of David is embroidered in the center of the bags, surrounded by vegetal and geometric patterns. The word "zion" appears in the center of one bag.
1. [Persia, first half of 20th century]. 36.5X26.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear, unraveling and stains. Late amendments.
2. [Tunisia? First half of 20th century]. 31.5X24.5 cm. Poor-fair condition. Tears revealing layers of lace, late amendments.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.