Shell case with etched decorations, by Raphael Avraham Shalem )"Bezalel” student during the years 1913-1918). Jerusalem, [ca. 1915].
Etched brass.
In front - depiction of Rachel’s tomb; below it a band inscribed "Tomb of Rachel" and "Rachel cries for her sons" (Hebrew).
On the reverse: Star of David, Tablets of the Law within it, signed in monogram “RASH” [Raphael Avraham Shalem].
Height: approx. 15 cm. Stains and corrosion.
See identical shell case in the catalogue "Bezalel 1906-1929", List of Objects in the Exhibition, Jerusalem, 1983. Page 54, item 632 (photographed). See also: "Kedem" catalogue, auction no. 49, item 546.