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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $4,000
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Wrapping cloth for a Torah Scroll case and a cloth, with embroidered decorations. [Tunisia, probably Djerba, early 20th century].
Two embroidered textile items, donated to the synagogue in memory of Mordechai Djeribi son of Israel and Azuna, who died young. Apparently the embroidery was made by his mother.
1. Wrapping cloth for a Torah Scroll case.
Crimson silk velvet, mixed gold embroidery; Jap gold embroidery on a base of threads, sequins and silver spiral threads.
Broad rectangular cover made of crimson velvet. Divided into three panels: the right and left panels display a sumptuous, meticulously made embroidery in vegetal patterns, with long branches and flowers and two pairs of birds. On the central panel is an embroidered Hebrew dedication inside a horseshoe-shaped frame: "Donated by M. Dj., Israel and Azuna, in memory of their son Mordechai Djeribi, may his soul rest in peace". Frame in repetitive pattern of birds and geometric and vegetal decorations.
50X112. Good condition. Suspension loops on upper part. Some wear to velvet. Light unraveling to margins. Framed (unexamined out of frame).
2. Embroidered Cloth (Mappah) for a Torah Scroll.
Double-sided Jap gold embroidery on pink and light-blue silk satin.
Designed as a long rectangular fabric, reminiscent of the head scarves of Tunisian women. Decorations in vegetal and geometric patterns. In the center is an embroidered dedication in Hebrew: "May his soul rest in peace, in memory of the unfortunate, deceased at a young age, Mordechai son of Azuna and Israel Djeribi".
38X120 cm. Good condition. Light stains and damage.
See: Bracha Yaniv, "Rikmat Nedava…", in "Ishah ba-Mizrah, ishah mi-Mizrah, Sipurah shel ha-Yehudiyah bat ha-Mizrah" [Women in the East, Women of the East - the Story of the Eastern Jewess]. Hebrew (eds.: Tova Cohen and Shaul Regev), Bar Ilan University Press, 2005, pp. 87-107 (photographed on p. 98).
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
Two embroidered textile items, donated to the synagogue in memory of Mordechai Djeribi son of Israel and Azuna, who died young. Apparently the embroidery was made by his mother.
1. Wrapping cloth for a Torah Scroll case.
Crimson silk velvet, mixed gold embroidery; Jap gold embroidery on a base of threads, sequins and silver spiral threads.
Broad rectangular cover made of crimson velvet. Divided into three panels: the right and left panels display a sumptuous, meticulously made embroidery in vegetal patterns, with long branches and flowers and two pairs of birds. On the central panel is an embroidered Hebrew dedication inside a horseshoe-shaped frame: "Donated by M. Dj., Israel and Azuna, in memory of their son Mordechai Djeribi, may his soul rest in peace". Frame in repetitive pattern of birds and geometric and vegetal decorations.
50X112. Good condition. Suspension loops on upper part. Some wear to velvet. Light unraveling to margins. Framed (unexamined out of frame).
2. Embroidered Cloth (Mappah) for a Torah Scroll.
Double-sided Jap gold embroidery on pink and light-blue silk satin.
Designed as a long rectangular fabric, reminiscent of the head scarves of Tunisian women. Decorations in vegetal and geometric patterns. In the center is an embroidered dedication in Hebrew: "May his soul rest in peace, in memory of the unfortunate, deceased at a young age, Mordechai son of Azuna and Israel Djeribi".
38X120 cm. Good condition. Light stains and damage.
See: Bracha Yaniv, "Rikmat Nedava…", in "Ishah ba-Mizrah, ishah mi-Mizrah, Sipurah shel ha-Yehudiyah bat ha-Mizrah" [Women in the East, Women of the East - the Story of the Eastern Jewess]. Hebrew (eds.: Tova Cohen and Shaul Regev), Bar Ilan University Press, 2005, pp. 87-107 (photographed on p. 98).
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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![Embroidered cloth - synagogue mappah. Italy, [1880] or [1897].
Embroidery with cotton threads, gold threads, sequins and gol](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/110_1.jpg "Exquisite Mappah for the Synagogue - Italy, 19th Century")
![Embroidered cloth - synagogue mappah. Italy, [1880] or [1897].
Embroidery with cotton threads, gold threads, sequins and gol](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/110_2.jpg "Exquisite Mappah for the Synagogue - Italy, 19th Century")
![Embroidered cloth - synagogue mappah. Italy, [1880] or [1897].
Embroidery with cotton threads, gold threads, sequins and gol](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/110_3.jpg "Exquisite Mappah for the Synagogue - Italy, 19th Century")
![Embroidered cloth - synagogue mappah. Italy, [1880] or [1897].
Embroidery with cotton threads, gold threads, sequins and gol](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/110_4.jpg "Exquisite Mappah for the Synagogue - Italy, 19th Century")
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Embroidered cloth - synagogue mappah. Italy, [1880] or [1897].
Embroidery with cotton threads, gold threads, sequins and gold spiral threads on red silk fabric.
The entire map is decorated with dense, impressive embroidery in vegetal patterns: flowers, tendrils and twigs, leaves, grape clusters and fruit. On the bottom, inside a rectangular frame is an embroidered dedication in Hebrew: "This Mappah was donated by Eliyah… for the soul of his son Yitzchak David Chai, 5640" (The last Hebrew letter of the Hebrew year is not clear enough to distinguish between the letter "mem" [40] and the two letters "nun-zayin" [57]).
58X50 cm. Good condition. Slight unraveling. The back is sewn onto cotton and yellow silk fabric sheets.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
Embroidery with cotton threads, gold threads, sequins and gold spiral threads on red silk fabric.
The entire map is decorated with dense, impressive embroidery in vegetal patterns: flowers, tendrils and twigs, leaves, grape clusters and fruit. On the bottom, inside a rectangular frame is an embroidered dedication in Hebrew: "This Mappah was donated by Eliyah… for the soul of his son Yitzchak David Chai, 5640" (The last Hebrew letter of the Hebrew year is not clear enough to distinguish between the letter "mem" [40] and the two letters "nun-zayin" [57]).
58X50 cm. Good condition. Slight unraveling. The back is sewn onto cotton and yellow silk fabric sheets.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Tallit. South Yemen, early 20th century.
Cotton fabric; cotton thread embroidery.
Around the opening and along the front are embroidered decorations in colorful cotton threads. The lower parts are decorated with colorful horizontal stripes and decorations in geometric patterns.
Length (full): 195 cm, width: 50 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and unraveling.
See: The Yemenites, Two Thousand Years of Jewish Culture, Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2000, pp. 78-79.
Cotton fabric; cotton thread embroidery.
Around the opening and along the front are embroidered decorations in colorful cotton threads. The lower parts are decorated with colorful horizontal stripes and decorations in geometric patterns.
Length (full): 195 cm, width: 50 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and unraveling.
See: The Yemenites, Two Thousand Years of Jewish Culture, Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2000, pp. 78-79.
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![Hanukkah lamp. [Holland], 1650.
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp of the type used by the Portuguese Jewish community in Holland.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/112.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp - Holland, 17th Century")
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. [Holland], 1650.
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp of the type used by the Portuguese Jewish community in Holland.
At the top of the backplate are three lily-shaped decorations. A rectangular niche in the middle decoration is intended for the shamash (missing), beneath which is a Hebrew inscription reading "For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, 5410". Large rectangular oil fonts, their edges pinched, are placed above the catch basin for dripping oil.
Length: 22 cm, maximum width: 32 cm. Good overall condition. Shamash and side plates missing. Restored break to right decoration.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp of the type used by the Portuguese Jewish community in Holland.
At the top of the backplate are three lily-shaped decorations. A rectangular niche in the middle decoration is intended for the shamash (missing), beneath which is a Hebrew inscription reading "For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, 5410". Large rectangular oil fonts, their edges pinched, are placed above the catch basin for dripping oil.
Length: 22 cm, maximum width: 32 cm. Good overall condition. Shamash and side plates missing. Restored break to right decoration.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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![Hanukkah lamp. [Birmingham, first half of 19th century, ca. 1815-1829].
Cast, sawn and engraved silver; gilding; white metal](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/113_1.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp - Birmingham, 19th Century - Sir Edward Thomason")
![Hanukkah lamp. [Birmingham, first half of 19th century, ca. 1815-1829].
Cast, sawn and engraved silver; gilding; white metal](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/113_2.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp - Birmingham, 19th Century - Sir Edward Thomason")
![Hanukkah lamp. [Birmingham, first half of 19th century, ca. 1815-1829].
Cast, sawn and engraved silver; gilding; white metal](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/113_3.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp - Birmingham, 19th Century - Sir Edward Thomason")
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $30,000
Sold for: $62,500
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. [Birmingham, first half of 19th century, ca. 1815-1829].
Cast, sawn and engraved silver; gilding; white metal; brass; mirror; gemstones. Marked (Manufacturer's mark only: ET).
A unique (and probably one of a kind) design composed of several parts produced in different techniques.
The base is designed in the shape of a grand piano positioned on three round legs. A row of oil fonts in front consists of a narrow and elegant (removable) container, with eight delicate and small cone-shaped oil fonts inserted into eight small holes in the container (removable as well). On the panels of the piano and on its top are engraved decorations in vegetal patterns and in a scale-like design.
An ornament with delicate leaves and flowers is screwed to the upper part of the base, with four figures with long fish tales. A triangular mirror is integrated into the center, topped with a gemstone, and on the reverse - an oval medallion with an engraved Hebrew inscription: "ל-ק תי"ב" .
Above this ornament, on an oval base with an additional gemstone, stands the figure of Moses, with two horns (cast in white metal) - holding in his left hand the Tablets of the Law; a chain is hanging from his right hand, with the Shamash hanging on its end (made of brass), designed as an oil lamp. Above the figure of Moses is a crown and two pillars.
On the reverse of the base appear two miniature marks of the silversmith Edward Thomason (c. 1772-1849), who worked in Birmingham, England, since 1793 until ca. 1853. In 1832 he was knighted by King William IV. No other Judaica artifacts created by Thomason are known.
A paper label is glued to the inner side of the base with the name of philanthropist and businessman Solomon David Sassoon (1841-1894), father of the renowned collector David Solomon Sassoon, who lent this Hanukkah lamp to an exhibition held in Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1906.
Height: 26 cm, width: 21.5 cm. Good overall condition. Some loose parts, soldering and old soldering repairs.
Exhibited: Exhibition of Jewish art and antiquities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, [London, 1906].
Literature: Whitechapel Art Gallery, Exhibition of Jewish art and antiquities, Catalogue, [London, 1906], item no. 167.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
Cast, sawn and engraved silver; gilding; white metal; brass; mirror; gemstones. Marked (Manufacturer's mark only: ET).
A unique (and probably one of a kind) design composed of several parts produced in different techniques.
The base is designed in the shape of a grand piano positioned on three round legs. A row of oil fonts in front consists of a narrow and elegant (removable) container, with eight delicate and small cone-shaped oil fonts inserted into eight small holes in the container (removable as well). On the panels of the piano and on its top are engraved decorations in vegetal patterns and in a scale-like design.
An ornament with delicate leaves and flowers is screwed to the upper part of the base, with four figures with long fish tales. A triangular mirror is integrated into the center, topped with a gemstone, and on the reverse - an oval medallion with an engraved Hebrew inscription: "ל-ק תי"ב" .
Above this ornament, on an oval base with an additional gemstone, stands the figure of Moses, with two horns (cast in white metal) - holding in his left hand the Tablets of the Law; a chain is hanging from his right hand, with the Shamash hanging on its end (made of brass), designed as an oil lamp. Above the figure of Moses is a crown and two pillars.
On the reverse of the base appear two miniature marks of the silversmith Edward Thomason (c. 1772-1849), who worked in Birmingham, England, since 1793 until ca. 1853. In 1832 he was knighted by King William IV. No other Judaica artifacts created by Thomason are known.
A paper label is glued to the inner side of the base with the name of philanthropist and businessman Solomon David Sassoon (1841-1894), father of the renowned collector David Solomon Sassoon, who lent this Hanukkah lamp to an exhibition held in Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1906.
Height: 26 cm, width: 21.5 cm. Good overall condition. Some loose parts, soldering and old soldering repairs.
Exhibited: Exhibition of Jewish art and antiquities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, [London, 1906].
Literature: Whitechapel Art Gallery, Exhibition of Jewish art and antiquities, Catalogue, [London, 1906], item no. 167.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
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Lot 114 Exquisite Passover Cup - Vilmos Farkasházi-Fischer - Cluj, 1881 / "Herend" Porcelain Factory
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $18,750
Including buyer's premium
Exquisite cup for Passover, made by Vilmos Farkasházi-Fischer. Cluj (Kolozsvár), 1881.
Porcelain; enamel.
Porcelain cup decorated in bright colors. The base and rim are decorated with golden flowers set between lines, against an orange background, and with vegetal decorations. The outer surface of the cup is decorated with orange and white bricks against a blue background, with flowers, lines and points. A blue line decorates the inside of the cup rim, and on it are circles with different geometric shapes. On the surface of the cup are two widthwise cartouches with colorful illustrations depicting scenes from Passover Eve, including two lengthwise cartouches, one with the dedication (in German): "Meinen / theuern Vater! / Gewidmet / von / Eduard. / 1881" [To my dear father! From Eduard, 1881], and the other with a Hebrew inscription reading: "Cup of Passover, L'Chaim! 1881".
At the bottom of the base are the artist's signature, "Fischer Vilmos, Kolozsvértt" and another inscription added by the artist: "Zur Erinerung am mein Siebenbürger geschaftsreise 1881" [A souvenir of my business trip to Siebenbürger (Transylvanian Saxons), 1881].
The artist Vilmos Fischer was born in Tata, Hungary, in 1839, to his father Mór Fischer, founder of the famous porcelain factory "Herend", which gained renown throughout the world. At a young age, Vilmos was put in charge of the coloring and decoration work at the factory and created some of Herend's trademark designs in the second half of the 19th century. Among other things, Vilmos headed the Neolog community of his city, Cluj. He died in Budapest in 1921. His works are displayed at the Jewish Museum of Budapest.
Height: 13 cm. Diameter of rim: 8 cm. Breaks in a few places, professionally restored.
See: The Jewish Museum of Budapest, Ilona Benoschofsky and Alexander Schieber (editors), Budapest, 1987, p. 36; pp. 133-134.
Porcelain; enamel.
Porcelain cup decorated in bright colors. The base and rim are decorated with golden flowers set between lines, against an orange background, and with vegetal decorations. The outer surface of the cup is decorated with orange and white bricks against a blue background, with flowers, lines and points. A blue line decorates the inside of the cup rim, and on it are circles with different geometric shapes. On the surface of the cup are two widthwise cartouches with colorful illustrations depicting scenes from Passover Eve, including two lengthwise cartouches, one with the dedication (in German): "Meinen / theuern Vater! / Gewidmet / von / Eduard. / 1881" [To my dear father! From Eduard, 1881], and the other with a Hebrew inscription reading: "Cup of Passover, L'Chaim! 1881".
At the bottom of the base are the artist's signature, "Fischer Vilmos, Kolozsvértt" and another inscription added by the artist: "Zur Erinerung am mein Siebenbürger geschaftsreise 1881" [A souvenir of my business trip to Siebenbürger (Transylvanian Saxons), 1881].
The artist Vilmos Fischer was born in Tata, Hungary, in 1839, to his father Mór Fischer, founder of the famous porcelain factory "Herend", which gained renown throughout the world. At a young age, Vilmos was put in charge of the coloring and decoration work at the factory and created some of Herend's trademark designs in the second half of the 19th century. Among other things, Vilmos headed the Neolog community of his city, Cluj. He died in Budapest in 1921. His works are displayed at the Jewish Museum of Budapest.
Height: 13 cm. Diameter of rim: 8 cm. Breaks in a few places, professionally restored.
See: The Jewish Museum of Budapest, Ilona Benoschofsky and Alexander Schieber (editors), Budapest, 1987, p. 36; pp. 133-134.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
A "pop-up" engraving (diorama) depicting the inauguration of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. [Martin Engelbrecht, Augsburg, ca. 1730].
Engraving; watercolor; paper and cardboard gluings.
A unique "pop-up" engraving, colored by hand, depicting the inauguration event of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam (inaugurated in 1675); most probably the engraving was created by I. Wachsmuht.
This diorama is made of six layers: each layer consists of an engraving (apparently the engravings were printed especially for this diorama), mounted on a cardboard sheet. The cardboard sheets are connected with gluing of folded papers permitting the positioning of the diorama vertically, which creates the three-dimensional effect.
The first layer portrays the synagogue front; in the second layer appear the title "Temple des Juifs / Juden Synagoge" and some of the congregation members - men, women and children - while a Torah is removed from the ark; seen in the third layer are worshippers with Tallit on their heads; the fourth layer portrays the "Bimah", the cantor and a group of worshippers praying; the fifth layer depicts a group of worshippers dressed elegantly, drinking wine, and by them another Torah Scroll; the sixth layer portrays an open ark.
20.5X18 cm (folded). Good overall condition. Lacking several small pieces.
Exhibited: Sanctuary & Synagogue, The Experience of the Portuguese and Ashkenazic Jews in Amsterdam, JTS library, New York, October 1998- January 1999.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Engraving; watercolor; paper and cardboard gluings.
A unique "pop-up" engraving, colored by hand, depicting the inauguration event of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam (inaugurated in 1675); most probably the engraving was created by I. Wachsmuht.
This diorama is made of six layers: each layer consists of an engraving (apparently the engravings were printed especially for this diorama), mounted on a cardboard sheet. The cardboard sheets are connected with gluing of folded papers permitting the positioning of the diorama vertically, which creates the three-dimensional effect.
The first layer portrays the synagogue front; in the second layer appear the title "Temple des Juifs / Juden Synagoge" and some of the congregation members - men, women and children - while a Torah is removed from the ark; seen in the third layer are worshippers with Tallit on their heads; the fourth layer portrays the "Bimah", the cantor and a group of worshippers praying; the fifth layer depicts a group of worshippers dressed elegantly, drinking wine, and by them another Torah Scroll; the sixth layer portrays an open ark.
20.5X18 cm (folded). Good overall condition. Lacking several small pieces.
Exhibited: Sanctuary & Synagogue, The Experience of the Portuguese and Ashkenazic Jews in Amsterdam, JTS library, New York, October 1998- January 1999.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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![Samaritan manuscript which includes Siddur and Piyyutim for holidays. [Nablus, 18th and 19th century].
On leaf [88] the man](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/116.jpg "Samaritan Manuscript - Siddur and Piyyutim for Holidays, 18th-19th Cen")
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Samaritan manuscript which includes Siddur and Piyyutim for holidays. [Nablus, 18th and 19th century].
On leaf [88] the manuscript is dated: 1707; copied by: Mashallamah ben Ab-Sakuwah Haddanafi, (late 17th - early 18th century).
It is stated on leaf [220] that the manuscript was completed in 1872 by the High Priest Ya'akov ben Aharon (lived in the years 1840-1916).
The manuscript includes prayers for Passover: Zevach Pesach, Shabbat Moed Pesach, Piyyutim for the seven days of Pesach, and more.
Bound at the end of the manuscript are nine leaves written in Arabic, describing the pilgrimage to offer a sacrifice in Pesach, holiday of Matzot, and a story about storms and rains in 1872.
[225] leaves, 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Worming. Tears and stains. New leather binding.
On leaf [88] the manuscript is dated: 1707; copied by: Mashallamah ben Ab-Sakuwah Haddanafi, (late 17th - early 18th century).
It is stated on leaf [220] that the manuscript was completed in 1872 by the High Priest Ya'akov ben Aharon (lived in the years 1840-1916).
The manuscript includes prayers for Passover: Zevach Pesach, Shabbat Moed Pesach, Piyyutim for the seven days of Pesach, and more.
Bound at the end of the manuscript are nine leaves written in Arabic, describing the pilgrimage to offer a sacrifice in Pesach, holiday of Matzot, and a story about storms and rains in 1872.
[225] leaves, 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Worming. Tears and stains. New leather binding.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $15,000
Unsold
"Judith", cast ceramic relief made by Boris Schatz. Signed (with monogram: B. S., and with an imprint of the foundry on the reverse) and titled. [Berlin, ca. 1905].
The relief is part of a group of reliefs cast by Schatz in 1905 at the famous "H. Gladenbeck & Sohn" foundry, during his stay in Berlin (at the home of Ephraim Moses Lilien).
The figure of Judith, the beautiful heiress of the Hasmonean dynasty, who, with cunning and courage, saved the lives of her Judean countrymen by slaying Holofernes, the Assyrian general of Nebuchadnezzar's army, appears in several of Schatz's early works. In this relief she is seen in profile, the high-quality casting endowing her features with a powerful expression and her clothes and jewelry with a sumptuous, dignified air.
Relief: 38X64.5 cm, attached with screws to wooden frame: 43.5X71.5 cm. Good condition.
See: Boris Schatz, The Father of Israeli Art, by Yigal Zalmona. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2006, p. 53 (photographed).
The relief is part of a group of reliefs cast by Schatz in 1905 at the famous "H. Gladenbeck & Sohn" foundry, during his stay in Berlin (at the home of Ephraim Moses Lilien).
The figure of Judith, the beautiful heiress of the Hasmonean dynasty, who, with cunning and courage, saved the lives of her Judean countrymen by slaying Holofernes, the Assyrian general of Nebuchadnezzar's army, appears in several of Schatz's early works. In this relief she is seen in profile, the high-quality casting endowing her features with a powerful expression and her clothes and jewelry with a sumptuous, dignified air.
Relief: 38X64.5 cm, attached with screws to wooden frame: 43.5X71.5 cm. Good condition.
See: Boris Schatz, The Father of Israeli Art, by Yigal Zalmona. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2006, p. 53 (photographed).
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![32 amulets. Persia and the vicinity, [19th through early 20th century].
Silver; low-grade silver; brass; copper; iron.
A di](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/118_1.jpg "Large Collection of Amulets - Persia")
![32 amulets. Persia and the vicinity, [19th through early 20th century].
Silver; low-grade silver; brass; copper; iron.
A di](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/118_2.jpg "Large Collection of Amulets - Persia")
![32 amulets. Persia and the vicinity, [19th through early 20th century].
Silver; low-grade silver; brass; copper; iron.
A di](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/118_3.jpg "Large Collection of Amulets - Persia")
![32 amulets. Persia and the vicinity, [19th through early 20th century].
Silver; low-grade silver; brass; copper; iron.
A di](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/118_4.jpg "Large Collection of Amulets - Persia")
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $10,000
Unsold
32 amulets. Persia and the vicinity, [19th through early 20th century].
Silver; low-grade silver; brass; copper; iron.
A diverse collection of Persian amulets, representing a wide range of shapes, versions and styles, common among Persian amulets of the 19th century:
1-10. Ten rectangular amulets, most of them with chopped or rounded corners with two suspension loops.
11-15. Five rectangular amulets, with upper edge shaped as a wavy dome. Four are with two suspension loops, and the fifth with one suspension loop. Three amulets feature a "LaMenatze'ach" Menorah. On the reverse of one amulet - an engraved inscription: "Tinat (?) bat Meir Satara" with a shape of a scorpion by it.
16-24. Eight round amulets and a miniature bowl with a protective inscription. Human figures appear on three amulets.
25. Eight-sided amulet case, with three suspension loops. On two of the sides: "--- Sarach bat kat---".
26. Amulet shaped as a stylized leaf with two suspension loops. On the reverse - an engraved inscription "Manwar Hanoledet min Marwarid".
27. Amulet shaped as a round plaque, with four suspension loops. A flower in the center is surrounded by text in three circles, and the inscription "Leshem Shainhan Hanoledet min Kurda".
28. Amulet shaped as a round plaque, with two suspension loops. Engraved Hebrew inscription on the reverse.
29. Amulet shaped as a round plaque with a wavy rim, with two suspension loops on the reverse.
30. Amulet shaped as a round plaque, domed, with two suspension loops on the reverse.
31. Amulet shaped as a domed rhombus, with two suspension loops on the reverse.
32. Oval shaped amulet, with illegible inscription, most of it in Arabic characters.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Some corrosion to several amulets, cracks, wear and some fractures at the margins.
Silver; low-grade silver; brass; copper; iron.
A diverse collection of Persian amulets, representing a wide range of shapes, versions and styles, common among Persian amulets of the 19th century:
1-10. Ten rectangular amulets, most of them with chopped or rounded corners with two suspension loops.
11-15. Five rectangular amulets, with upper edge shaped as a wavy dome. Four are with two suspension loops, and the fifth with one suspension loop. Three amulets feature a "LaMenatze'ach" Menorah. On the reverse of one amulet - an engraved inscription: "Tinat (?) bat Meir Satara" with a shape of a scorpion by it.
16-24. Eight round amulets and a miniature bowl with a protective inscription. Human figures appear on three amulets.
25. Eight-sided amulet case, with three suspension loops. On two of the sides: "--- Sarach bat kat---".
26. Amulet shaped as a stylized leaf with two suspension loops. On the reverse - an engraved inscription "Manwar Hanoledet min Marwarid".
27. Amulet shaped as a round plaque, with four suspension loops. A flower in the center is surrounded by text in three circles, and the inscription "Leshem Shainhan Hanoledet min Kurda".
28. Amulet shaped as a round plaque, with two suspension loops. Engraved Hebrew inscription on the reverse.
29. Amulet shaped as a round plaque with a wavy rim, with two suspension loops on the reverse.
30. Amulet shaped as a round plaque, domed, with two suspension loops on the reverse.
31. Amulet shaped as a domed rhombus, with two suspension loops on the reverse.
32. Oval shaped amulet, with illegible inscription, most of it in Arabic characters.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Some corrosion to several amulets, cracks, wear and some fractures at the margins.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $12,000
Unsold
200 "Shechita" (slaughter) knives for poultry and cattle. Various manufacturers, [USA, Poland, Germany, Hungary and Israel, second half of 19th through mid-20th century].
An extensive collection which includes slaughter knives made by various manufacturers: J. / J. & D. Miller, Kraut & Dohnal (New-York and Chicago), Likker (Baia Mare), E. G. Grunewald Wolf (Germany), Schulek (Hungary), Gerlach (Poland), Dov Lublinsky (Tel-Aviv), and other manufacturers.
The knives in this collection were manufactured at different times; they vary in size, material of handles (wood, bone, metal, plastic and more), and quality of steel; and are placed in different cases.
The leading manufacturers of slaughter knives operated in Germany, Poland, Hungary as well as in the USA and Israel, and the knives they made were used by most Jewish congregations in Europe and even out of Europe (members of Lublinsky family, manufacturers of knives, tell that Polish knives reached Casablanca with "Joint" emissaries, and from there found a way to Eretz Israel).
Some of the knives are accompanied by notes or labels added by the owners of this collection, and mark the origin of the knives. Among them, three knives which belonged to the Shochet R. Gonik Avraham the Shochet, of Botoșani, Romania; a knife which belonged to the
Shochet Michal Wilnitz from London (1890); a knife dated 1800, and more.
The collection includes: · 61 slaughter knives for poultry (36 with a case and 25 with no case), · 87 slaughter knives for "Behema Gasa" (63 with case and 24 with no case). · 46 slaughter knives for "Behame Daka" (10 with case and 36 with no case). · 6 knives placed together in a wooden box (two for "Behema Gasa", two for Behame Daka", and two for poultry).
The origin of these knives is the collection of Dov Lublinsky - a member of the knife manufacturers' family that founded the family workshop for sharpening and manufacturing knives prior to World War I. Over many years Lublinsky family members used to exchange new slaughter knives for old ones which were rusted and of no use. This is how the extensive an impressive collection was gathered. The collection represents varied origins, manufacturers and production periods of slaughter knives.
Size and condition vary. Some rusted. Some knives with no scales, or with damages to handle. Some boxes are damaged.
An extensive collection which includes slaughter knives made by various manufacturers: J. / J. & D. Miller, Kraut & Dohnal (New-York and Chicago), Likker (Baia Mare), E. G. Grunewald Wolf (Germany), Schulek (Hungary), Gerlach (Poland), Dov Lublinsky (Tel-Aviv), and other manufacturers.
The knives in this collection were manufactured at different times; they vary in size, material of handles (wood, bone, metal, plastic and more), and quality of steel; and are placed in different cases.
The leading manufacturers of slaughter knives operated in Germany, Poland, Hungary as well as in the USA and Israel, and the knives they made were used by most Jewish congregations in Europe and even out of Europe (members of Lublinsky family, manufacturers of knives, tell that Polish knives reached Casablanca with "Joint" emissaries, and from there found a way to Eretz Israel).
Some of the knives are accompanied by notes or labels added by the owners of this collection, and mark the origin of the knives. Among them, three knives which belonged to the Shochet R. Gonik Avraham the Shochet, of Botoșani, Romania; a knife which belonged to the
Shochet Michal Wilnitz from London (1890); a knife dated 1800, and more.
The collection includes: · 61 slaughter knives for poultry (36 with a case and 25 with no case), · 87 slaughter knives for "Behema Gasa" (63 with case and 24 with no case). · 46 slaughter knives for "Behame Daka" (10 with case and 36 with no case). · 6 knives placed together in a wooden box (two for "Behema Gasa", two for Behame Daka", and two for poultry).
The origin of these knives is the collection of Dov Lublinsky - a member of the knife manufacturers' family that founded the family workshop for sharpening and manufacturing knives prior to World War I. Over many years Lublinsky family members used to exchange new slaughter knives for old ones which were rusted and of no use. This is how the extensive an impressive collection was gathered. The collection represents varied origins, manufacturers and production periods of slaughter knives.
Size and condition vary. Some rusted. Some knives with no scales, or with damages to handle. Some boxes are damaged.
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Rare and Important Items
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![Large tray with the Sassoon family crest. [France, late 19th century].
Cast and engraved silver, marked with producer's stam](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/120_1.jpg "Large Silver Tray - Sassoon Family Crest")
![Large tray with the Sassoon family crest. [France, late 19th century].
Cast and engraved silver, marked with producer's stam](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale53-public/120_2.jpg "Large Silver Tray - Sassoon Family Crest")
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
Large tray with the Sassoon family crest. [France, late 19th century].
Cast and engraved silver, marked with producer's stamp: G. [George] Falkenberg, and a French export stamp.
Large-size tray. The entire surface is decorated with acanthus leaves, leaves and flowers and geometric patterns In the middle is the crest of Solomon David Sassoon (1841-1894). At the top is the inscription (Hebrew) "Truth and Faith", and at the bottom: "Candide et Constanter". Beneath the crest are Sassoon's engraved initials, S.D.S.
Length (including handles): 84 cm, width: 50 cm. Weight: 4.3 kg. Good condition. Some bending.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
Cast and engraved silver, marked with producer's stamp: G. [George] Falkenberg, and a French export stamp.
Large-size tray. The entire surface is decorated with acanthus leaves, leaves and flowers and geometric patterns In the middle is the crest of Solomon David Sassoon (1841-1894). At the top is the inscription (Hebrew) "Truth and Faith", and at the bottom: "Candide et Constanter". Beneath the crest are Sassoon's engraved initials, S.D.S.
Length (including handles): 84 cm, width: 50 cm. Weight: 4.3 kg. Good condition. Some bending.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
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Rare and Important Items
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