Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
1. Amulet for protection of the home. [North Africa, first half of 20th century]. Ink on parchment, in a sheet metal (iron) frame. A thread is tied on top of the frame, for suspension.
7X7.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Rusted iron.
2. Amulet engraved in stone, in a silver frame. [Eretz Israel or the vicinity, first half of 20th century]. Engraved on the stone is the inscription "L' K' [Leyeshu'atcha Kiviti] Hashem" (Hebrew: "For Your salvation, I hope, O Lord!").
2.5X3.5 cm. Good condition. Smallt break at the margins of the stone. Remnants of a buckle or a suspension loop on the reverse of the frame. Bends.
7X7.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Rusted iron.
2. Amulet engraved in stone, in a silver frame. [Eretz Israel or the vicinity, first half of 20th century]. Engraved on the stone is the inscription "L' K' [Leyeshu'atcha Kiviti] Hashem" (Hebrew: "For Your salvation, I hope, O Lord!").
2.5X3.5 cm. Good condition. Smallt break at the margins of the stone. Remnants of a buckle or a suspension loop on the reverse of the frame. Bends.
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Amulets
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $350
Unsold
Two amulets and a case for an amulet. [Persia or the vicinity, first half of 20th century].
1. Amulet ring made of silver. Rectangular plaque. Engraved Hebrew inscription: "אנקתם פסתם פספסים דיונסים". Plaque: 1.5X1.5 cm. Good condition.
2. An amulet written on a long and narrow parchment sheet. Amulet for protection, health, conception and pregnancy. 75X4.5 cm. Good condition. Enclosed is the original leather pouch.
3. Silver case for an amulet with a removable lid and with suspension loops. Six sides, decorated with vegetal patterns. Length: 8.5 cm.
1. Amulet ring made of silver. Rectangular plaque. Engraved Hebrew inscription: "אנקתם פסתם פספסים דיונסים". Plaque: 1.5X1.5 cm. Good condition.
2. An amulet written on a long and narrow parchment sheet. Amulet for protection, health, conception and pregnancy. 75X4.5 cm. Good condition. Enclosed is the original leather pouch.
3. Silver case for an amulet with a removable lid and with suspension loops. Six sides, decorated with vegetal patterns. Length: 8.5 cm.
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Amulets
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Three arm amulets. [Persia or Kurdistan, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, soldered and engraved.
Three rectangular amulets with eight sides, slightly convex, decorated with twisted silver thread, with four loops on the back. Engraved on each of the amulets are abbreviations of Psalms 121 - "Shir LaMa'alot", ending with the name of the bearer of the amulets.
Size of two amulets is 7X9 cm, one - 7.5X9.5 cm. Good condition.
Silver, soldered and engraved.
Three rectangular amulets with eight sides, slightly convex, decorated with twisted silver thread, with four loops on the back. Engraved on each of the amulets are abbreviations of Psalms 121 - "Shir LaMa'alot", ending with the name of the bearer of the amulets.
Size of two amulets is 7X9 cm, one - 7.5X9.5 cm. Good condition.
Category
Amulets
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Three silver amulets. [Persia or Kurdistan, late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, soldered and engraved.
1. Round arm amulet, slightly convex. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviations of Psalms 121 (Shir LaMa'a lot), the priestly benediction, and more. Diameter 6.5 cm.
2. Amulet designed as a stylized leaf, with suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKoa'ach" (around), and a crossword with the letters עשציי. In the center appears another combination of Hebrew letters (forming 15 in gematria), and more. Name of the bearer of the amulet: "Bat Sheva Bat Zeruya". Length: 7.5 cm, width: 8 cm. Lacking one suspension loop.
3. Round amulet with a serrated edge. Suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKo'ach". Diameter: 8 cm.
Silver, soldered and engraved.
1. Round arm amulet, slightly convex. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviations of Psalms 121 (Shir LaMa'a lot), the priestly benediction, and more. Diameter 6.5 cm.
2. Amulet designed as a stylized leaf, with suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKoa'ach" (around), and a crossword with the letters עשציי. In the center appears another combination of Hebrew letters (forming 15 in gematria), and more. Name of the bearer of the amulet: "Bat Sheva Bat Zeruya". Length: 7.5 cm, width: 8 cm. Lacking one suspension loop.
3. Round amulet with a serrated edge. Suspension loops on top. Engraved Hebrew inscriptions: abbreviation of "Ana BeKo'ach". Diameter: 8 cm.
Category
Amulets
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $700
Unsold
Mezuzah cover - "Jeta Del Mezuzah". [Algeria or Morocco, first decades of the 20th century].
Hammered sheet silver, nailed on to a wooden board.
In the center is a seven-branched menorah surmounting an oil cruse, tools for cleaning the menorah and the Stone of Virtues (Even Ha'Ma'alot). On the left and right are the pillars of Boaz and Yachin. Surrounding the entire image is a frame of branches and flowers.
Length (without wooden board): 23 cm, width: 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some corrosion. One nail is detached from the silver plate. Slight defects to wooden board.
See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983, p. 60.
Hammered sheet silver, nailed on to a wooden board.
In the center is a seven-branched menorah surmounting an oil cruse, tools for cleaning the menorah and the Stone of Virtues (Even Ha'Ma'alot). On the left and right are the pillars of Boaz and Yachin. Surrounding the entire image is a frame of branches and flowers.
Length (without wooden board): 23 cm, width: 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some corrosion. One nail is detached from the silver plate. Slight defects to wooden board.
See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983, p. 60.
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Amulets
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
"Birkat HaBayit" [Blessing of the Home], in a decorative silver frame, produced by "Lisham Art". [Israel, late 20th century].
Sterling silver (marked).
Added on a paper sticker on the frame's reverse is the blessing "LeBracha VeHatzlacha" (Hebrew: "May you have blessings and success"), signed by the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri.
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri was born at the end of the 19th century in Baghdad, studied the Torah and Kabbalah with the sages of Baghdad and Jerusalem, where he immigrated in 1922. During his early years in Jerusalem he worked as a bookbinder and studied at the Beit El and Porat Yosef yeshivas. Over the years he became known as the most learned scholar in all spheres of Kaballah. Many came to his home to receive his blessing and advice, and to receive amulets (he was one of the few people in his generation versed in the secrets of the amulets according to the Kabbalah). He died at the advanced age of over 100, in 2006.
Frame: 29X19 cm. Good condition. On the back of the frame are five paper stickers (one of which bears Rabbi Kaduri's dedication).
Sterling silver (marked).
Added on a paper sticker on the frame's reverse is the blessing "LeBracha VeHatzlacha" (Hebrew: "May you have blessings and success"), signed by the renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri.
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri was born at the end of the 19th century in Baghdad, studied the Torah and Kabbalah with the sages of Baghdad and Jerusalem, where he immigrated in 1922. During his early years in Jerusalem he worked as a bookbinder and studied at the Beit El and Porat Yosef yeshivas. Over the years he became known as the most learned scholar in all spheres of Kaballah. Many came to his home to receive his blessing and advice, and to receive amulets (he was one of the few people in his generation versed in the secrets of the amulets according to the Kabbalah). He died at the advanced age of over 100, in 2006.
Frame: 29X19 cm. Good condition. On the back of the frame are five paper stickers (one of which bears Rabbi Kaduri's dedication).
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Amulets
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Pair of candlesticks. [Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland), ca. 1746-1758].
Silver (marked. Maker: Johann Gottlieb Schmidt?).
Pair of candlesticks on a wide base. A dedication from 1813 is engraved on the bases: "Donated by R. Shlomo, Rabbi of our community of Rawicz / with his wife the Rebbetzin Miriam 5573 [1813]".
R. Shlomo Hertzfeld, Rabbi of Rawicz, was son of R. Shlomo Dov of Głogów, and grandson of the author of Pnei Yehoshua (his father, R. Shlomo Dov was the son-in law of the Pnei Yehoshua). He died childless in Iyar 1813 and was succeeded in the rabbinate by his brother R. Aharon Yehoshua Eliyahu Hertzfeld.
Height: 20.5 cm. The base: 13.5X14.5 cm. Fair condition. Breaks and old repairs. Bends and stains.
Silver (marked. Maker: Johann Gottlieb Schmidt?).
Pair of candlesticks on a wide base. A dedication from 1813 is engraved on the bases: "Donated by R. Shlomo, Rabbi of our community of Rawicz / with his wife the Rebbetzin Miriam 5573 [1813]".
R. Shlomo Hertzfeld, Rabbi of Rawicz, was son of R. Shlomo Dov of Głogów, and grandson of the author of Pnei Yehoshua (his father, R. Shlomo Dov was the son-in law of the Pnei Yehoshua). He died childless in Iyar 1813 and was succeeded in the rabbinate by his brother R. Aharon Yehoshua Eliyahu Hertzfeld.
Height: 20.5 cm. The base: 13.5X14.5 cm. Fair condition. Breaks and old repairs. Bends and stains.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. Russia-Poland, [19th century].
Silver (marked), cast, repousée and embossed.
A pair of heraldic lions, holding a seven-branched Menorah, appear in the center of the back plate. On top of the back plate is a pair of peacocks with a Torah Crown between them. The lamp is positioned on a wide base shaped as a couch with four legs. The nuts (on the reverse and on the bottom) are designed as flowers.
Length: 28 cm, width: 28 cm. Lacking the Shamash and a jug. One oil font is broken and detached.
Silver (marked), cast, repousée and embossed.
A pair of heraldic lions, holding a seven-branched Menorah, appear in the center of the back plate. On top of the back plate is a pair of peacocks with a Torah Crown between them. The lamp is positioned on a wide base shaped as a couch with four legs. The nuts (on the reverse and on the bottom) are designed as flowers.
Length: 28 cm, width: 28 cm. Lacking the Shamash and a jug. One oil font is broken and detached.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe, late 19th century].
Cast brass.
Openwork back plate in the style of Polish papercuts, with geometric motifs, heraldic birds and a jug with vegetation. At the top of the back plate is a loop for hanging, incorporated in the pattern. A row of oil fonts behind a balustrade. Candlestick on the right plate and vessel for oil on the left plate (removable).
Length: 23 cm. Width: 22.5 cm. Slight break to one of the rail corners.
See: Narkiss, "The Hanukkah Lamp", plate XXVI, item 75.
Cast brass.
Openwork back plate in the style of Polish papercuts, with geometric motifs, heraldic birds and a jug with vegetation. At the top of the back plate is a loop for hanging, incorporated in the pattern. A row of oil fonts behind a balustrade. Candlestick on the right plate and vessel for oil on the left plate (removable).
Length: 23 cm. Width: 22.5 cm. Slight break to one of the rail corners.
See: Narkiss, "The Hanukkah Lamp", plate XXVI, item 75.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Poland, [19th century].
Openwork back plate, topped with two birds, two lions and a crown. Two candle holders emerge from the side plates. A row of oil fonts behind a balustrade.
Length: 24 cm. Width: 23 cm. Two nuts are not original
See: Narkiss, "The Hanukkah Lamp", plate XXIX, item 82.
Openwork back plate, topped with two birds, two lions and a crown. Two candle holders emerge from the side plates. A row of oil fonts behind a balustrade.
Length: 24 cm. Width: 23 cm. Two nuts are not original
See: Narkiss, "The Hanukkah Lamp", plate XXIX, item 82.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe, late 19th or early 20th century].
Cast brass.
In the center of the back plate - a seven- branched Menorah supported by two lions and topped by a two-headed eagle. On the left and right side are columns topped by vases with branches, and birds. On top of the side plates are two birds and at the lower part - two candle holders.
Length: 34 cm. Width: 21 cm. It is possible that the oil fonts are not original. Remnants of hooks at the lower end of the back plate. Lacking nuts.
Cast brass.
In the center of the back plate - a seven- branched Menorah supported by two lions and topped by a two-headed eagle. On the left and right side are columns topped by vases with branches, and birds. On top of the side plates are two birds and at the lower part - two candle holders.
Length: 34 cm. Width: 21 cm. It is possible that the oil fonts are not original. Remnants of hooks at the lower end of the back plate. Lacking nuts.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Europe, 19th century].
Cast and engraved brass.
Unusual design. In the center of the back plate is a vase with flowers and leaves, supported by a pair of lions. At the top of the plate is a hanger in a vegetal motif, and a pair of birds - on the left and right. The lion faces and bird eyes are engraved. On the right margin is a ring for the shamash (missing) or for the side plates.
Length: 14.5 cm, width: 21 cm. The ring on the left margin is broken and missing. Shamash missing. Side plates missing.
Cast and engraved brass.
Unusual design. In the center of the back plate is a vase with flowers and leaves, supported by a pair of lions. At the top of the plate is a hanger in a vegetal motif, and a pair of birds - on the left and right. The lion faces and bird eyes are engraved. On the right margin is a ring for the shamash (missing) or for the side plates.
Length: 14.5 cm, width: 21 cm. The ring on the left margin is broken and missing. Shamash missing. Side plates missing.
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Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
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