Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items

A Brush with a Silver Relief and Filigree Ornamentations – "Bezalel"

Opening: $3,500
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A brush decorated with a silver relief and filigree ornamentations, created at "Bezalel". Jerusalem, [ca.1910s].
The back of the brush, made of wood, is covered with fine filigree work in symmetrical round patterns, with a round silver relief in its center, depicting Jacob and Rachel. Titled and marked: "Bezalel".
Length: 13.5 cm, width: 10 cm, height: 5 cm. Good condition.
For similar items see:
1. Early Israeli Arts and Crafts Bezalel Treasures from the Alan B. Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum, Chaya Benjamin, 2008. P. 28 (photographed).
2. Israel Museum collection, item no. B74.0913.
Rare and Important Items
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