Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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![Withdrawn.Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century]. Ink on parchment; silver - embossed,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/373_1.jpg "Withdrawn - Miniature Esther Scroll in a Silver Case – Cave of the Pat")
![Withdrawn.Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century]. Ink on parchment; silver - embossed,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/373_2.jpg "Withdrawn - Miniature Esther Scroll in a Silver Case – Cave of the Pat")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Withdrawn.
Miniature Esther scroll in a silver case. [Eretz Israel, early 20th century].
Ink on parchment; silver - embossed, soldered and engraved.
Sephardic script. 14 lines per column.
The scroll is places in a silver case embellished with an etching of Me'arat HaMachpelah and with vegetal patterns. Covers designed like flowers with petals cap both sides of the case. The handle is designed like an octagonal prism, with a silver marble.
Height of case: 17 cm. Height of parchment: 5.5 cm. Good-fair condition. The covers capping both sides of the case are loose. Corrosion. Dents. Stains to parchment and several tears to margins. Dark dampstains at the top of the first membrane.
Category
Torah Scrolls and Esther Scrolls
Catalogue
![Torah pointer ("Yad"). Europe, [19th century]. Silver (marked), cast and engraved.A cylindrical pointer, widening towards the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/374_1.jpg "Torah Pointer – \"Yad\" – Europe, 19th Century")
![Torah pointer ("Yad"). Europe, [19th century]. Silver (marked), cast and engraved.A cylindrical pointer, widening towards the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/374_2.jpg "Torah Pointer – \"Yad\" – Europe, 19th Century")
![Torah pointer ("Yad"). Europe, [19th century]. Silver (marked), cast and engraved.A cylindrical pointer, widening towards the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/374_3.jpg "Torah Pointer – \"Yad\" – Europe, 19th Century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Torah pointer ("Yad"). Europe, [19th century].
Silver (marked), cast and engraved.A cylindrical pointer, widening towards the middle, where it is decorated with a ring and engraved petal-like leaves on each side of the ring. The cylinder narrows from the ring upwards until reaching another ring set above the cuff. An inscription is engraved on the pointer: "Yehoshua Bar Avraham". A large closed hand, with a pointing finger and a cuff. The hand with the cuff is made so as to be screwed to the arm (damaged screw). A heavy chain is attached to the pointer.
Total length (without the chain): 32 cm. Fair-good condition. Bends. Stains. Soldering repairs. The chain is not made of silver.
Silver (marked), cast and engraved.A cylindrical pointer, widening towards the middle, where it is decorated with a ring and engraved petal-like leaves on each side of the ring. The cylinder narrows from the ring upwards until reaching another ring set above the cuff. An inscription is engraved on the pointer: "Yehoshua Bar Avraham". A large closed hand, with a pointing finger and a cuff. The hand with the cuff is made so as to be screwed to the arm (damaged screw). A heavy chain is attached to the pointer.
Total length (without the chain): 32 cm. Fair-good condition. Bends. Stains. Soldering repairs. The chain is not made of silver.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Silver crown. [England or the United States], dedication from the year 1923. Silver (marked), embossed, cut and engraved; gem](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/375_1.jpg "Silver Crown – Donation of a Ladies' Auxiliary – England or the United")
![Silver crown. [England or the United States], dedication from the year 1923. Silver (marked), embossed, cut and engraved; gem](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/375_2.jpg "Silver Crown – Donation of a Ladies' Auxiliary – England or the United")
![Silver crown. [England or the United States], dedication from the year 1923. Silver (marked), embossed, cut and engraved; gem](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/375_3.jpg "Silver Crown – Donation of a Ladies' Auxiliary – England or the United")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,400
Unsold
Silver crown. [England or the United States], dedication from the year 1923.
Silver (marked), embossed, cut and engraved; gemstones.
An open crown decorated with openwork decoration of acanthus leaves, and with green, blue and red gemstones. Two shields appear on the body of the crown; one is engraved with the inscription "Donation of the Ladies' Auxiliary D'Chevra Tehillim" and the other "VeLomdei Chayei Adam, 1923".
Diameter: 19 cm. Good condition. Bends. Fractures.
Silver (marked), embossed, cut and engraved; gemstones.
An open crown decorated with openwork decoration of acanthus leaves, and with green, blue and red gemstones. Two shields appear on the body of the crown; one is engraved with the inscription "Donation of the Ladies' Auxiliary D'Chevra Tehillim" and the other "VeLomdei Chayei Adam, 1923".
Diameter: 19 cm. Good condition. Bends. Fractures.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Tefillin boxes. [Unknown origin, second half of the 19th century]. Silver (stamped), bent, soldered and engraved. The boxes a](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/376_1.jpg "Silver Tefillin Boxes – \"Be Bold as a Leopard, Light as an Eagle\"")
![Tefillin boxes. [Unknown origin, second half of the 19th century]. Silver (stamped), bent, soldered and engraved. The boxes a](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/376_2.jpg "Silver Tefillin Boxes – \"Be Bold as a Leopard, Light as an Eagle\"")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $300
Unsold
Tefillin boxes. [Unknown origin, second half of the 19th century].
Silver (stamped), bent, soldered and engraved.
The boxes are adorned following the theme of the Mishnah in Pirkei Avot: "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven". Each side is engraved with one of the animals mentioned in the Mishnah. The upper side is engraved with the letters Shin and Resh [shel rosh] and Shin and Yud [shel yad], inside a circle encompassed with flower petals. The boxes are lined with red velvet.
5.5X6X8.5 cm. Good condition. Dents. Corrosion. The edges of the velvet have unraveled and the velvet is damaged.
Silver (stamped), bent, soldered and engraved.
The boxes are adorned following the theme of the Mishnah in Pirkei Avot: "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven". Each side is engraved with one of the animals mentioned in the Mishnah. The upper side is engraved with the letters Shin and Resh [shel rosh] and Shin and Yud [shel yad], inside a circle encompassed with flower petals. The boxes are lined with red velvet.
5.5X6X8.5 cm. Good condition. Dents. Corrosion. The edges of the velvet have unraveled and the velvet is damaged.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
34 circumcision utensils. United States, Eretz Israel and other places (?), 20th century.
Steel; silver; bone; bakelite.
1-9. Four circumcision knives, four shields and a separator made by "Millers" (Joseph and David Miller), a workshop manufacturing slaughter and circumcision knives which operated in New York from 1909 through 1960. Marked "Millers" (Yiddish) and "J&D Miller". One of the knives is inserted in a velvet-lined silver box, and an additional knife is inserted in a velvet-lined wooden case. United States, first half of 20th century.
10. Silver shield (not marked) with an engraved inscription: "Haim Meshulam Fisu[…]". [Eretz Israel?, Dedication from 1915].
11-16. Six circumcision knives. One is marked "Lublinsky" (from Dov Lublinsky's shop in Tel Aviv, which opened in 1938). Two more are marked "D.L.".
17-34. Shields in different shapes. One is marked "D.L.".
34 circumcision utensils. Size and condition vary.
Steel; silver; bone; bakelite.
1-9. Four circumcision knives, four shields and a separator made by "Millers" (Joseph and David Miller), a workshop manufacturing slaughter and circumcision knives which operated in New York from 1909 through 1960. Marked "Millers" (Yiddish) and "J&D Miller". One of the knives is inserted in a velvet-lined silver box, and an additional knife is inserted in a velvet-lined wooden case. United States, first half of 20th century.
10. Silver shield (not marked) with an engraved inscription: "Haim Meshulam Fisu[…]". [Eretz Israel?, Dedication from 1915].
11-16. Six circumcision knives. One is marked "Lublinsky" (from Dov Lublinsky's shop in Tel Aviv, which opened in 1938). Two more are marked "D.L.".
17-34. Shields in different shapes. One is marked "D.L.".
34 circumcision utensils. Size and condition vary.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Unsold
A cylindrical filigree spice container ornamented with silver globules. Russia, mid-19th century.
Silver (marked); filigree.
The cylindrical container is made entirely of filigree work in a repetitive peacock's tail pattern, with a frame made of a spiral silver thread. A removable lid is set at top of the cylinder, made of filigree petals in a vegetal pattern creating a dome. The cylinder and the dome are decorated with scattered silver globules. The lid is topped with a silver ball and a flag. The container stands on four legs made of a spiral silver thread. The legs, held together by a silver ball end with a ring set on top of a low silver dome.
Height: approx. 25.5 cm. Diameter: 7 cm. Good condition. Stains. Bends. Slightly bended to one side.
Silver (marked); filigree.
The cylindrical container is made entirely of filigree work in a repetitive peacock's tail pattern, with a frame made of a spiral silver thread. A removable lid is set at top of the cylinder, made of filigree petals in a vegetal pattern creating a dome. The cylinder and the dome are decorated with scattered silver globules. The lid is topped with a silver ball and a flag. The container stands on four legs made of a spiral silver thread. The legs, held together by a silver ball end with a ring set on top of a low silver dome.
Height: approx. 25.5 cm. Diameter: 7 cm. Good condition. Stains. Bends. Slightly bended to one side.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Spice container. [Eastern Europe, 19th century]. Silver (marked), cast and engraved. A small spice container, designed as a s](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/379.jpg "Small Silver Spice Container – \"VaHaricho BeYirat Hashem\" – 19th Centu")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $600
Unsold
Spice container. [Eastern Europe, 19th century].
Silver (marked), cast and engraved.
A small spice container, designed as a silver dome with a round aperture in the center, with additional small holes scattered all around. The inscription "VaHaricho BeYirat Hashem" is engraved by the central aperture. The entire surface of the dome is decorated with an engraved vegetal pattern.
Diameter: 4.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Stains. Some damages.
Silver (marked), cast and engraved.
A small spice container, designed as a silver dome with a round aperture in the center, with additional small holes scattered all around. The inscription "VaHaricho BeYirat Hashem" is engraved by the central aperture. The entire surface of the dome is decorated with an engraved vegetal pattern.
Diameter: 4.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Stains. Some damages.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![13 spice containers. [Germany?, second half of 20th century]. Cast brass, spun, soldered and cut. Thirteen spice containers d](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/380.jpg "Collection of Replicas of Traditional Spice Containers")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $300
Unsold
13 spice containers. [Germany?, second half of 20th century].
Cast brass, spun, soldered and cut.
Thirteen spice containers designed as towers, designed after common traditional models of spice containers crafted in Europe, mainly after German models. Some have cylindrical containers while others are square; all have a conic tower and a flag on top of it. Several are hung with bells.
Height: 18 cm to 25 cm. Good overall condition. Bends. Corrosion. Traces of silver plating. Lacking bells and flags.
Cast brass, spun, soldered and cut.
Thirteen spice containers designed as towers, designed after common traditional models of spice containers crafted in Europe, mainly after German models. Some have cylindrical containers while others are square; all have a conic tower and a flag on top of it. Several are hung with bells.
Height: 18 cm to 25 cm. Good overall condition. Bends. Corrosion. Traces of silver plating. Lacking bells and flags.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Three silver plaques and a silver stopper for decorating wine bottles. Germany, [early 20th century]. 1-3. Three silver plaqu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/381_1.jpg "Four Silver Decorations for Wine Bottles – Germany, Early 20th Century")
![Three silver plaques and a silver stopper for decorating wine bottles. Germany, [early 20th century]. 1-3. Three silver plaqu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/381_2.jpg "Four Silver Decorations for Wine Bottles – Germany, Early 20th Century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Three silver plaques and a silver stopper for decorating wine bottles. Germany, [early 20th century].
1-3. Three silver plaques (two stamped) for wine bottles. Various inscriptions are etched in their centers: "Gut Shabbos", "Wine for Kiddush", "Kiddush wine". The plaques are decorated with clusters of grapes, grapevine and Acanthus leaves. Two plaques are crowned with a Star of David. Short chains are attached to the plaques. Height: 6.5 to 8 cm. Good condition. Minor corrosion. Dents.
4. Silver stopper (stamped) for a wine bottle. The stopper is made of a pointed ring, its circumference etched with the inscription "Wine gladdens the heart of man". At the top of the stopper is a handle shaped like a Star of David. Height: 6.5 cm. Diameter: 2 cm. Good condition. Dents. Corrosion.
1-3. Three silver plaques (two stamped) for wine bottles. Various inscriptions are etched in their centers: "Gut Shabbos", "Wine for Kiddush", "Kiddush wine". The plaques are decorated with clusters of grapes, grapevine and Acanthus leaves. Two plaques are crowned with a Star of David. Short chains are attached to the plaques. Height: 6.5 to 8 cm. Good condition. Minor corrosion. Dents.
4. Silver stopper (stamped) for a wine bottle. The stopper is made of a pointed ring, its circumference etched with the inscription "Wine gladdens the heart of man". At the top of the stopper is a handle shaped like a Star of David. Height: 6.5 cm. Diameter: 2 cm. Good condition. Dents. Corrosion.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Bone gragger. [Eastern Europe, 19th century]. Carved bone; cut silver; glue and rivets. The body of the gragger is carved as](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/382_1.jpg "Carved Gragger – Eastern Europe, 19th Century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $700
Unsold
Bone gragger. [Eastern Europe, 19th century].
Carved bone; cut silver; glue and rivets.
The body of the gragger is carved as two overlapping flags with arms. On the top flag appears in ink the word "Esther" (Hebrew). Attached with a rivet, between the two flags, is an additional rectangular part. Placed on the rectangle is a small polygon stage with the inscription "Purim", topped with a small silver flag.
Height: 14 cm. Width: 11 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Cracks. Bends. Parts are glued to each other. One on the flag's arms is lacking.
See similar item in the Israel Museum collection, item no. B68.0038 106/105.
Carved bone; cut silver; glue and rivets.
The body of the gragger is carved as two overlapping flags with arms. On the top flag appears in ink the word "Esther" (Hebrew). Attached with a rivet, between the two flags, is an additional rectangular part. Placed on the rectangle is a small polygon stage with the inscription "Purim", topped with a small silver flag.
Height: 14 cm. Width: 11 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Cracks. Bends. Parts are glued to each other. One on the flag's arms is lacking.
See similar item in the Israel Museum collection, item no. B68.0038 106/105.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Silver seal. [Germany?, second half of the 18th century / first half of the 19th century]. Cast and engraved silver. Oval sea](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/383_1.jpg "Silver Seal – Europe, 19th Century")
![Silver seal. [Germany?, second half of the 18th century / first half of the 19th century]. Cast and engraved silver. Oval sea](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/383_2.jpg "Silver Seal – Europe, 19th Century")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Unsold
Silver seal. [Germany?, second half of the 18th century / first half of the 19th century]. Cast and engraved silver.
Oval seal with a stylish handle. The name of the owner is engraved into its surface (Hebrew lettering): "Getshlig son of Rabbi Mordechai Frankel" and the monogram "GF".
Height: 3 cm. Maximum diameter: 2.5 cm.
Oval seal with a stylish handle. The name of the owner is engraved into its surface (Hebrew lettering): "Getshlig son of Rabbi Mordechai Frankel" and the monogram "GF".
Height: 3 cm. Maximum diameter: 2.5 cm.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
![Seal. Poland, [late 19th or early 20th century]. Cast silver, engraved gemstone. An oval seal with a stylized silver handle,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/384_1.jpg "Stone Seal with a Silver Handle – Poland")
![Seal. Poland, [late 19th or early 20th century]. Cast silver, engraved gemstone. An oval seal with a stylized silver handle,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale62-public/384_2.jpg "Stone Seal with a Silver Handle – Poland")
Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
August 28, 2018
Opening: $500
Unsold
Seal. Poland, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Cast silver, engraved gemstone.
An oval seal with a stylized silver handle, set with a red gemstone engraved with a Latin monogram "WW" and surrounded by the legend "…Avigdor son of… Zeev Wolf from Zawichost" (Hebrew).
Jews lived in the town of Zawichost in East Poland since early in the 18th century and by the first half of the 20th century more than one third of the town's residents were Jewish.
Diameter: 23 mm. Height: 35 mm. Good condition. Some fractures to bezel.
Cast silver, engraved gemstone.
An oval seal with a stylized silver handle, set with a red gemstone engraved with a Latin monogram "WW" and surrounded by the legend "…Avigdor son of… Zeev Wolf from Zawichost" (Hebrew).
Jews lived in the town of Zawichost in East Poland since early in the 18th century and by the first half of the 20th century more than one third of the town's residents were Jewish.
Diameter: 23 mm. Height: 35 mm. Good condition. Some fractures to bezel.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue