Silver bracelet, designed by Ze'ev Raban, inspired by Isaiah's End Time prophecy. Marked: Made in Palestine ST 925. Jerusalem, [second quarter of 20th century].
Composed of eight links, the first inscribed "It shall come to pass in the last days… and they shall beat their swords into plowshares… the wolf shall dwell with the lamb" (Hebrew. Isiah 2, Isaiah 11), the rest depicting scenes based on chapter 11 in the Book of Isaiah.
Length: 17 cm, width: 1 cm.
Literature: Raban Remembered, Jerusalem's Forgotten Master, exhibition catalogue, Yeshiva University, New York, 1982, item 114, p. 107 (photographed).
See a similar bracelet, with an English inscription, in Kedem catalog no. 50, item no. 585.

"Jewish National Fund Jerusalem, calendar for the year 5684, 1923-24, a gift to representatives of the Jewish National Fund" (Hebrew). Design: Ze'ev Raban. Jerusalem: "Graphica" publishing at "Zion" printing press. Hebrew and German.
A calendar for representatives and activists of the Jewish National Fund, with instructions for monthly fundraising events and propaganda for the Jewish National Fund, based on the Jewish holidays and other important dates. The second to last leaf lists important dates in the history of the Zionist Movement and the last leaf consists of a map of Palestine showing the land purchased by the Jewish National Fund.
The leaves of the calendar are stapled with two staples to an ornate card board depicting the portraits of Theodor (Binyamin Ze'ev) Herzl and Zvi Hermann Shapira (who conceived the Jewish National Fund) and a panoramic depiction of the work of the Jewish National Fund – draining swamps, planting trees, working the land and building the country. The card board and the calendar title page, depicting the twelve Zodiac signs, were designed by Ze'ev Raban.
Calendar: 12X14.5 cm. Card board: 23X30 cm. Good condition. Handwritten markings and notations to calendar. Minor blemishes. Small tears, repaired with acid-free tape. Hole to corner of board.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Classic Kerman-style floral rug, made at the Bezalel workshop. Jerusalem, [1920s].
Wool knot-pile; cotton foundation.
Large rug inspired by traditional Persian Kerman rugs. Motif of dense flowering vines strewn with large flowers and minuscule Stars of David. At both ends the vine branches intertwine to create the figure of a seven-armed menorah. Signed "Bezalel Jerusalem" in the border.
190X337 cm. Good-fair condition. Overall fading. Some damage. One edge is re-woven in four sections.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Literature: Jewish Carpets, by Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, p. 124.

Large Qashqai-style rug, made at the Marbadiah/Bezalel workshop. [Jerusalem, 1920s].
Wool knot-pile; cotton foundation.
The central panel features three rhomboid medallions within a triple rhomboid field, depicting star-shaped roundels, flowers, foliage and animals. Triple border, the central of which shows a Star of David pattern.
This rug's design and iconography (except the Stars of David) follows the rug-making tradition of the Turkish-Iranian Qashqai tribe.
315X164 cm. Good condition. Fading. Edges partly restored and somewhat unraveling. Cropped fringes.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Literature: Jewish Carpets, by Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, p. 117.

Johann Georg Trautmann (1713-1769), Jewish Scholar.
Oil on panel. Unsigned. The artist's name and year of death are handwritten in contemporary hand on verso ("Trautmann / †1769"), alongside the note "No. 137".
Approx. 19X25.5 cm (frame: approx. 41.5X48 cm). Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Minor blemishes to frame. A small metal plate with the painting's title ("Jewish Scholar") and the artist's name and year of death is attached to the frame.