Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
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![44 postcards depicting Jews of Greece and Turkey. Various publishers and locales, [first half of 20th century]. These postca](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/189.jpg "Collection of Postcards – Jews of Greece and Turkey")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
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44 postcards depicting Jews of Greece and Turkey. Various publishers and locales, [first half of 20th century].
These postcards feature portraits of Jewish individuals, tradesmen, and craftsmen, as well as Jewish sites in Turkey and Greece (Thessaloniki). Nine undivided-back postcards.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Condition varies.
These postcards feature portraits of Jewish individuals, tradesmen, and craftsmen, as well as Jewish sites in Turkey and Greece (Thessaloniki). Nine undivided-back postcards.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Condition varies.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
Unsold
23 postcards depicting Jews of Bulgaria, Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia, as well as synagogues and Jewish sites. Various publishers and locales, [first half of 20th century].
These postcards feature portraits of Jewish individuals, in addition to Jewish sites in Bulgaria (Sofia, Burgas, Brod), as well as Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia (Sarajevo, Višegrad, Tuzla, Novi Sad, Zagreb, Vukovar, Bečej, Subotica, Niš). Three undivided-back postcards.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Condition varies.
These postcards feature portraits of Jewish individuals, in addition to Jewish sites in Bulgaria (Sofia, Burgas, Brod), as well as Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia (Sarajevo, Višegrad, Tuzla, Novi Sad, Zagreb, Vukovar, Bečej, Subotica, Niš). Three undivided-back postcards.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Condition varies.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
![11 postcards depicting Jews of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Various publishers and locales, [first half of 20th century]. Thes](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/191.jpg "Collection of Postcards – Jews of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $200
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11 postcards depicting Jews of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Various publishers and locales, [first half of 20th century].
These postcards feature portraits of Jewish individuals from Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. One undivided-back postcard. Also enclosed: one photograph (early, postcard size) of Jewish women, probably from Iraq.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Condition varies.
These postcards feature portraits of Jewish individuals from Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. One undivided-back postcard. Also enclosed: one photograph (early, postcard size) of Jewish women, probably from Iraq.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Condition varies.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
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Heart-shaped dedicatory plaque ("tass"), suspended so as to overhang Torah ark curtain. Syria, Lebanon, or vicinity, [ca. 1900-20].
Sheet silver, cut, repoussé, stamped and punched.
Hebrew dedicatory inscription "[…] dedicated by […] Salhah [in memory of] her father, Hakham David Tarab Maslaton […] and her mother […] Rina."
The Tarab-Maslaton family was a celebrated family of rabbis, renowned throughout the Near East. A number of noted members of the family served as chief rabbis of cities, including Damascus, Beirut, and Cairo, in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Length: 21 cm. Width: 23 cm. Good condition. Set in elegant wood-and-glass frame (not examined outside frame).
See also item nos. 121, 188.
Purchased from the A. Fogel Collection, Tel Aviv, April 1982.
Sheet silver, cut, repoussé, stamped and punched.
Hebrew dedicatory inscription "[…] dedicated by […] Salhah [in memory of] her father, Hakham David Tarab Maslaton […] and her mother […] Rina."
The Tarab-Maslaton family was a celebrated family of rabbis, renowned throughout the Near East. A number of noted members of the family served as chief rabbis of cities, including Damascus, Beirut, and Cairo, in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Length: 21 cm. Width: 23 cm. Good condition. Set in elegant wood-and-glass frame (not examined outside frame).
See also item nos. 121, 188.
Purchased from the A. Fogel Collection, Tel Aviv, April 1982.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
!["Aftaba" pitcher for "mayim aharonim." [probably Syria / Near East, early 20th century]. Brass, repoussé, stamped and punche](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/193_1.jpg "Ritual Hand Washing Pitcher – Syria")
!["Aftaba" pitcher for "mayim aharonim." [probably Syria / Near East, early 20th century]. Brass, repoussé, stamped and punche](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/193_2.jpg "Ritual Hand Washing Pitcher – Syria")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
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"Aftaba" pitcher for "mayim aharonim." [probably Syria / Near East, early 20th century].
Brass, repoussé, stamped and punched.
Pitcher for "mayim aharonim" (lit. "final water"; water for ritual of symbolic hand-washing prior to Grace after Meals) in form of thickly decorated, tall-necked vase, with neck widening toward mouth. Slender, curving handle, and slender, s-shaped spout. Removable cover, opening and closing on a hinge. Body decorated in vegetal patterns. Hebrew inscriptions, in repoussé, inside two separate hexagonal frames, one quoting the blessing recited on hand-washing, the other referring to the ritual obligation of handwashing.
Height: 32.5 cm. Width: 25.5 cm. Minor fractures. Minor blemishes, and minor warping to spout. Hinge broken and partly missing.
Brass, repoussé, stamped and punched.
Pitcher for "mayim aharonim" (lit. "final water"; water for ritual of symbolic hand-washing prior to Grace after Meals) in form of thickly decorated, tall-necked vase, with neck widening toward mouth. Slender, curving handle, and slender, s-shaped spout. Removable cover, opening and closing on a hinge. Body decorated in vegetal patterns. Hebrew inscriptions, in repoussé, inside two separate hexagonal frames, one quoting the blessing recited on hand-washing, the other referring to the ritual obligation of handwashing.
Height: 32.5 cm. Width: 25.5 cm. Minor fractures. Minor blemishes, and minor warping to spout. Hinge broken and partly missing.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
![Large vase, decorated with floral pattern and with Hebrew and Arabic inscriptions. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/194.jpg "Large Polychrome Enamel Vase – Syria – \"Ben Porat Yosef\"")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
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Large vase, decorated with floral pattern and with Hebrew and Arabic inscriptions. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel.
Stout vase, with body tapering toward rim. Body decorated with large flowers, interspersed with diagonal bands inscribed in alternating Hebrew – "Ben Porat Yosef" – and Arabic.
Height: 18 cm. Maximum width: approx. 35 cm. Blemishes and fractures to enamel decorations.
Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel.
Stout vase, with body tapering toward rim. Body decorated with large flowers, interspersed with diagonal bands inscribed in alternating Hebrew – "Ben Porat Yosef" – and Arabic.
Height: 18 cm. Maximum width: approx. 35 cm. Blemishes and fractures to enamel decorations.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
![Copper vase decorated with Hebrew letters. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century]. Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel. B](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/195.jpg "Polychrome Enamel Copper Vase – Syria")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
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Copper vase decorated with Hebrew letters. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel.
Broad-rimmed vase, with body tapering downward toward base. Below rim, band with Hebrew letters. Geometric and vegetal patterns, and with Oriental images and bird illustrations.
Height: 15.5 cm. Maximum width: approx. 19 cm.
Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel.
Broad-rimmed vase, with body tapering downward toward base. Below rim, band with Hebrew letters. Geometric and vegetal patterns, and with Oriental images and bird illustrations.
Height: 15.5 cm. Maximum width: approx. 19 cm.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
![Plate with illustration of biblical spies bearing cluster of grapes. Syria, [early 20th century]. Copper, repoussé, polychro](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/196.jpg "Plate with Illustration of Biblical Spies Bearing Cluster of Grapes –")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $200
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Plate with illustration of biblical spies bearing cluster of grapes. Syria, [early 20th century].
Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel.
At center of plate, naïve-style illustration of the biblical spies bearing cluster of grapes, encircled by vegetal and geometric patterns.
Height: 30.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Copper, repoussé, polychrome enamel.
At center of plate, naïve-style illustration of the biblical spies bearing cluster of grapes, encircled by vegetal and geometric patterns.
Height: 30.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
![Incense burner. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century]. Copper, repoussé and pierced, polychrome enamel. Incense burner c](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/197.jpg "Incense Burner – Syria – \"Ben Porat Yosef\"")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
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Incense burner. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Copper, repoussé and pierced, polychrome enamel.
Incense burner consisting of two parts – a wide-rimmed bowl and a perforated cover, both with vegetal patterns. Cover removable, spherical in shape, with pierced apertures for smoke, arranged to create vegetal pattern, and with inscription in large Hebrew letters: "Ben Porat Yosef".
Height: 14.5 cm. Maximum diameter: 14.5 cm. Fractures and warping to copper. Blemishes to enamel decorations. Upper ornament (at top of cover) missing. Supporting bowl possibly not original or missing its legs or stand.
Copper, repoussé and pierced, polychrome enamel.
Incense burner consisting of two parts – a wide-rimmed bowl and a perforated cover, both with vegetal patterns. Cover removable, spherical in shape, with pierced apertures for smoke, arranged to create vegetal pattern, and with inscription in large Hebrew letters: "Ben Porat Yosef".
Height: 14.5 cm. Maximum diameter: 14.5 cm. Fractures and warping to copper. Blemishes to enamel decorations. Upper ornament (at top of cover) missing. Supporting bowl possibly not original or missing its legs or stand.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
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"Album Meubles & Cuivres Orientaux, Michel Chalabi, Damas" ["Album of Oriental Furniture and Brass Vessels, Michel Chalabi, Damascus"]. No indication of name of publisher or year of publication, [Damascus, early 20th century]. French.
Photographic catalogue, with photos of hundreds of items offered at Michel Chalabi's business in Damascus, including wooden furniture and shoes, inlaid with seashell or mother-of-pearl; curtains; a host of repoussé, sawed, and engraved brass vessels, specifically lamps, plaques or plates, inkstands, bowls and pitchers, vessels inlaid with enamel; and many other items.
70 pp., 32X24 cm. Good condition. Minor tears to cover, some restored. Owners' stamp.
Photographic catalogue, with photos of hundreds of items offered at Michel Chalabi's business in Damascus, including wooden furniture and shoes, inlaid with seashell or mother-of-pearl; curtains; a host of repoussé, sawed, and engraved brass vessels, specifically lamps, plaques or plates, inkstands, bowls and pitchers, vessels inlaid with enamel; and many other items.
70 pp., 32X24 cm. Good condition. Minor tears to cover, some restored. Owners' stamp.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
![Two filigree silver amulet cases. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century]. Silver, parcel gilt, filigree and granulation; g](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale81-public/199.jpg "Two Filigree Islamic Amulet Cases – Syria")
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
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Two filigree silver amulet cases. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, parcel gilt, filigree and granulation; glass beads and other beads.
1. Hollow rectangular case. On front, branch-like decorations in delicate gilt filigree and granulation, forming a heart shape. Small droplet-like silver pendants. Two silver coins suspended at end of chain. 40X7 cm. No cover.
2. Long chain with large pendants decorated in silver thread. Three cylindrical amulet cases (two of them small, middle one large), and additional triangular ornament. Small round pendants, also made from silver thread, suspended from chain and from amulet cases. 60X9 cm.
Reference: The Arts and Crafts of Syria: Collection Antoine Touma and Linden-Museum Stuttgart, pp. 98-99.
Silver, parcel gilt, filigree and granulation; glass beads and other beads.
1. Hollow rectangular case. On front, branch-like decorations in delicate gilt filigree and granulation, forming a heart shape. Small droplet-like silver pendants. Two silver coins suspended at end of chain. 40X7 cm. No cover.
2. Long chain with large pendants decorated in silver thread. Three cylindrical amulet cases (two of them small, middle one large), and additional triangular ornament. Small round pendants, also made from silver thread, suspended from chain and from amulet cases. 60X9 cm.
Reference: The Arts and Crafts of Syria: Collection Antoine Touma and Linden-Museum Stuttgart, pp. 98-99.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $200
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Two necklaces with Islamic amulet cases inscribed with the word "Mashallah" (Arabic: مشألة) , praising the Lord and warding off the Evil Eye (literal translation: "What the Lord has willed") / Case with paper amulet. Syria, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Low-grade silver (parcel gilt), repoussé and engraved; silver thread; niello; glass beads.
1. Chain composed of flower-shaped links, with each link consisting of four small rings, and with three hollow triangular ornaments attached. Central triangular ornament inscribed with Arabic word "Mashallah." Small pendants. 58X20 cm.
2. Chain with large, hollow triangular pendant, inlaid with stones or beads. Pendants, some fish-shaped, suspended from bottom. Approx. 48X12. No cover.
3. Chain with cylindrical amulet case, decorated with vegetal pattern in niello. Five silver coins suspended from amulet. Original amulet – a paper sheet with excerpts from the Qur'an – enclosed. 30X8 cm.
Reference: The Arts and Crafts of Syria: Collection Antoine Touma and Linden-Museum Stuttgart, pp. 98-99.
Low-grade silver (parcel gilt), repoussé and engraved; silver thread; niello; glass beads.
1. Chain composed of flower-shaped links, with each link consisting of four small rings, and with three hollow triangular ornaments attached. Central triangular ornament inscribed with Arabic word "Mashallah." Small pendants. 58X20 cm.
2. Chain with large, hollow triangular pendant, inlaid with stones or beads. Pendants, some fish-shaped, suspended from bottom. Approx. 48X12. No cover.
3. Chain with cylindrical amulet case, decorated with vegetal pattern in niello. Five silver coins suspended from amulet. Original amulet – a paper sheet with excerpts from the Qur'an – enclosed. 30X8 cm.
Reference: The Arts and Crafts of Syria: Collection Antoine Touma and Linden-Museum Stuttgart, pp. 98-99.
Category
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans
Catalogue