A brass box with a depiction of the first fruits offering procession (bikurim), created at "Bezalel". Jerusalem, [1910s].
Hammered and etched brass. Marked in Hebrew: "Bezalel Yerushalem".
On the lid, within a frame depicting the Seven Species of the Land of Israel, is a depiction of a procession offering the first fruits (bikurim), with the verse "Kumu VeNa'ale Zion el Hashem Eloheinu" ["Let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God; Jeremiah 31:5]. The image of the procession - men, women and children marching with musical instruments and animals - is designed using a delicate combination of low relief on an etched background. The side panels are decorated with a geometric and a vegetal pattern (the Seven Species). On the front panel, a Hebrew inscription reading "Hava'at Bikurim Bezalel Yerushalem" ["First fruits offering, Bezalel Jerusalem"] appears within a round frame.
Height: 4.5 cm, width 18 cm, depth: 10 cm. Good condition. Slight defects.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.