Collection of olive wood items, Palestine, [early 20th century].
1. Desk stand designed as a crouching camel, with two boxes on its saddle; printed on one box is an image of the Tower of David and on the other box - Rachel's Tomb and the word "Jerusalem".
2-3. Two boxes, Dome of the Rock carved on the lid. The word "Jerusalem" printed on the lid.
4. Pouch shaped as a book, for a picture. Binding made of olive wood boards mounted on cloth. The Dome of the Rock is carved on one board and the word "Jerusalem" is printed on the other.
5. Notebook in an olive wood binding. On one side of the binding appears a Mediterranean view with a mosque and palm tree and on the other side of the binding appears a monogram ML. A dedication on the title page in stylized script: "Merry Christmas to Lulu Meyers, 1904". The notebook was used with greetings, reminders and various inscriptions on its pages.
6-7. Two olive wood plates, carved on one is the Tomb of Zachariah the Prophet and the Tomb of Absalom and on the other - The Temple Mount (Dome of the Rock). On the reverse appear the printed words "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and English and a suspension loop.
8-9. Two miniature Psalms books with English translation, in olive wood bindings. On one binding appears a drawing of Jerusalem and on the other - Tower of David.
10. Photo album in olive wood binding. On the front binding appears an illustration of a boy leading kids, a calf and a lion and the title "…in the last days" (Hebrew) and the printed word "Jerusalem" on the back binding.
Total of ten items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.

Ferro-Quina "Richon" - glass bottle with a beverage, Rishon LeZion wineries (Carmel Mizrahi). Rishon LeZion, [ca. 1930s].
A dark glass bottle, sealed with cork and wax, almost full. The label recommends drinking a liquor glass or two with every meal as a "Stimulant of the Muscular System and the Intellectual Functions". Quinine is used for hundreds of years as a medication against malaria, and was used in the past as a component in medications for other diseases.
Height of bottle: 22.5 cm, diameter: 7 cm. Fair-good condition. The bottle is almost full. The wax seal is broken and lacking. Labels are stained and slightly torn (lacking some pieces).

1. Machine made tapestry, portrait of Theodor Herzl. [Made by Industry-plants in Eretz Israel, Shamai Arnon, Tel-Aviv, 1920s?].
Framed in a cardboard frame, 22X37.5 cm. Size of visible part: 22.5X13.5 cm. Good condition.
2. Machine made tapestry, portrait of Zeev Jabotinsky. [Made by Industry-plants in Eretz Israel, Shamai Arnon, Tel-Aviv, 1920s?].
Inserted in a cardboard frame, 22X37.5 cm. Size of fabric: 25.5X15 cm. Good condition.

Three "Bezalel" items:
• Eliezer and Rebecca, relief [created by Moshe Muro, after a drawing by Ze'ev Raban]. Cast brass. Positioned on a wooden board with a leg. 10.5X19.5 cm. Good condition. Slightly stained.
• Tower of David, relief created by Shmuel Krechmer (Signed), [1920s]. Cast brass. Positioned on a wooden board. 8X11 cm. Good condition.
• Printing block for a bookmark, [after Ze'ev Raban]. On the printing block, which served for making leather bookmarks, appear a man and a woman in oriental garments surrounded by patterns of arabesques. On the bottom of the bookmark appear the words "Bezalel Yerushalem" (mirror writing). Brass, 18.5X5.5 cm. Good condition. Some corrosion and rust. Four drilled holes.
See: "Bezalel 1906-1929", list of items in the exhibition, Jerusalem, 1983. P.37 item no 359.