Five early postcards related to the Bezalel school of arts. Some are designed by Bezalel artists, some are signed by Boris Schatz. Jerusalem, 1910 to ca. 1928.
1. Tower of David / Souvenir from Bezalel, postcard designed by Shmuel Ben-David. Jaffa and Jerusalem: Wilh. Gross. Sent from Russia in 1910; addressed (in French) to "Mr. Silman, Jerusalem, Bezalel" (presumably sent to Kadish Yehuda Leib Silman).
2. Real-photo postcard documenting the inauguration of the Bezalel colony in Ben Shemen. Jerusalem: Bezalel (stamped on verso with a Bezalel stamp), [1911]. On the postcard's obverse is a handwritten inscription in Hebrew: "Blessings from the Bezalel Colony on its inauguration day, 1 Tevet 5671", signed by Boris Schatz. The postcard was sent in 1911 to Dr. Sapir (presumably Yosef Sapir, a supporter of Bezalel in Odessa and later a member of the Bezalel Society).
3. Postcard with a photograph of Boris Schatz on the background of a relief he created. The photograph is captioned "Museum Bezalel Jerusalem". Jaffa and Jerusalem: Wilh. Gross. Beneath the photograph is a dedication signed in the hand of Boris Schatz, in Russian: "To Dr. Sapir, Boris Schatz".
4. A lithograph postcard showing a portrait of Boris Schatz. In the background are the Bezalel buildings, and beneath is the text: "Bar Mitzvah celebration; we are honored to invite you to our home on Saturday night […] to celebrate Bezalel's thirteenth anniversary over a cup of wine […]". Jerusalem: Lit. Bezalel, [1919]. The invitation is signed in pencil in Hebrew "O. and B. Schatz" [Olga and Boris Schatz]. On the postcard's verso is the inscription "To Mr. Eisenberg, Jerusalem". The artist Yaakov Eisenberg studied at Bezalel between 1913 and 1919, and beginning in 1924 headed the school's ceramics department.
5. Postcard designed by Yaakov Stark, captioned "Emblem of Bezalel". Jerusalem: Y. Ben-Dov. The postcard shows a tapestry-like triptych, in the center of which is a portrait of Boris Schatz. In the background is his statue "Mattathias" and two candelabras. Sent by post in 1928 by Boris Schatz, and signed in his hand.
Average size: 14X9 cm. Good overall condition. Some tears (small tears, reinforced with adhesive tape on one postcard), some creases and stains.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.

Baruch Schatz, his Life and Work, Monograph. Editing and translation: Mordechai Narkiss. Part 1 (no other parts were published). Jerusalem: B'ne Bezalel, 1925. Printed in Oneon printing press, Vienna. Hebrew, English and Yiddish.
A book containing sayings, biography and memoires by Boris Schatz. An elegant edition on heavy, art-quality, paper, with prints of good quality (heliogravures) depicting works by Schatz. The text is in Hebrew, the titles of the works are in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. On the binding is a metal plaque with a relief depicting Jews during prayer and the verse "who shall have pity upon Jerusalem …" (Hebrew), after Schatz.
This is copy no. 43 out of a numbered edition of 300 copies. Signed by Schatz on the colophon.
28 pp + [41] plates (preceding each print is a leaf with the print's title), 40 cm. Good condition. Numerous stains. Blemishes to tissue guards. Most of the tissue guards are missing. Binding in good-fair condition, with blemishes and peelings. New spine. Strips of cloth and adhesive tape on the inside of the binding. Pen inscription on the inside of the front binding.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.

Two drawings by Ze'ev Raban. Pencil, watercolor and ink on paper. Signed.
1. A drawing depicting a sailboat among high waves. At the edge of the boat stands a man with a weight tied to his legs, about to throw himself into the water. On a cliff in the foreground, a green snake is seen rearing its head.
Approx. 24X32 cm. Good condition. Framed: 43X53 cm. Unexamined out of frame.
2. A drawing depicting a ship tossed around by waves, and around it, in the water, people who jumped or were thrown into the water.
18.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Framed: 33.5X41.5 cm. Unexamined out of frame.

Wooden plate inlaid with marble and shell. Made at Bezalel, Jerusalem, [first decades of the 20th century].
Carved wood; engraved marble; engraved shell.
Large plate, with the Seven Species carved on its margins. Inlaid in the center are marble plaques shaped as the Tablets of the Law with inscribed blessings - "HaMotzih" and "Boreh Pri HaGafen". Around this image are inlaid pieces of shell. An inlaid piece of shell shaped as a Star of David appears below the Tablets, with an engraved inscription: "If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let my Right Hand Forget its Skill" (Hebrew).
Inlaid all around, in a circle, are marble plaques with the symbols of the Tribes and around them blue wooden plaques with the words "Eat your bread with joy…" (Hebrew) and shell plaques decorated with views of the Temple Mount, Rachel's Tomb, Tower of David, Cave of the Patriarchs and Bezalel buildings (one plaque is missing).
The catalogue "Early Israeli Arts and Crafts, Bezalel Treasures from the Allan B. Slifka Collection" by Chaya Benjamin (Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 2008) features a similar plate created after a sketch by Ze'ev Raban (p. 66).
Diameter: 40 cm. Fair condition. Cracks and fractures to wood. Missing shell and wooden plaques. Fractures and missing pieces to marble and wooden plaques.