Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
Two Ketubah Forms / Form for Brit Milah - Lithographic Printing - India, Early 20th Century
Opening: $450
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Two lithographs - blank ketubah forms:
· Ketubah form, lithograph in golden ink, architectural arch with various ornamentation and figures of baby-angels blowing a horn and a harp inside a Star of David. On the upper part of the form are opening blessings of a ketubah and the bottom part remains blank for completing by hand. [India, beginning of the 20th century]. A stamp of David Saliman Sassoon (with the emblem of the Sassoon family in the center) appears on the reverse.
· Ketubah form, lithograph. Illustrated frame printed in green ink. The text is printed in black ink, with blank spaces for completing by hand. Bombay (India), beginning of 20th century. A red-ink stamp of the Knesset Eliyahu synagogue appears in the center of the upper part of the ketubah. Printed on verso is an English marriage contract.
· Lithograph [green ink] of a receipt for a Brit Milah, "To the joy of the father of the baby boy…who offers in honor of the Kiseh (chair) of Eliyahu HaNavi…", by the gaba'im of the holy congregation of the Beit E-l synagogue". Calcutta (India), beginning of 20th century. Adorning the top of the receipt are various illustrations [Kiseh shel Eliyahu, candles, a bundle of myrtle branches, etc.] and verses.
3 leaves. Size and condition vary (good-fair).
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
· Ketubah form, lithograph in golden ink, architectural arch with various ornamentation and figures of baby-angels blowing a horn and a harp inside a Star of David. On the upper part of the form are opening blessings of a ketubah and the bottom part remains blank for completing by hand. [India, beginning of the 20th century]. A stamp of David Saliman Sassoon (with the emblem of the Sassoon family in the center) appears on the reverse.
· Ketubah form, lithograph. Illustrated frame printed in green ink. The text is printed in black ink, with blank spaces for completing by hand. Bombay (India), beginning of 20th century. A red-ink stamp of the Knesset Eliyahu synagogue appears in the center of the upper part of the ketubah. Printed on verso is an English marriage contract.
· Lithograph [green ink] of a receipt for a Brit Milah, "To the joy of the father of the baby boy…who offers in honor of the Kiseh (chair) of Eliyahu HaNavi…", by the gaba'im of the holy congregation of the Beit E-l synagogue". Calcutta (India), beginning of 20th century. Adorning the top of the receipt are various illustrations [Kiseh shel Eliyahu, candles, a bundle of myrtle branches, etc.] and verses.
3 leaves. Size and condition vary (good-fair).
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Ketubot and marriage documents
Ketubot and marriage documents