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Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Spice Container – Bezalel – Jerusalem, 1920s or 1930s
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Spice container, Bezalel [in a style typical of Yichyeh Yemini], Jerusalem, [1920s or 1930s].
Etched silver (marked in Hebrew "Bezalel Jerusalem"); filigree, granulation and a gemstone.
The container is shaped as a dome on a stem with a round base. The dome is decorated with varying patterns of filigree and granulation, the blessing "Baruch Atah… Boreh Minei Besamim" (Blessed are Thou… Creator of many spices) and topped by a blue gemstone. A filigree bar surrounds its edge. The base is decorated with a pattern of branches and bunches of grapes and signed: "Bezalel Jerusalem".
Height: approx. 12 cm. Diameter of base: approx. 5 cm. Good condition. Small dents. Soldering repair to inner side.
A similar spice container appears in the Hebrew catalog of "The 'Sharar' Group, Bezalel Jerusalem". Jerusalem, [early 1930s]. p. 16.
Etched silver (marked in Hebrew "Bezalel Jerusalem"); filigree, granulation and a gemstone.
The container is shaped as a dome on a stem with a round base. The dome is decorated with varying patterns of filigree and granulation, the blessing "Baruch Atah… Boreh Minei Besamim" (Blessed are Thou… Creator of many spices) and topped by a blue gemstone. A filigree bar surrounds its edge. The base is decorated with a pattern of branches and bunches of grapes and signed: "Bezalel Jerusalem".
Height: approx. 12 cm. Diameter of base: approx. 5 cm. Good condition. Small dents. Soldering repair to inner side.
A similar spice container appears in the Hebrew catalog of "The 'Sharar' Group, Bezalel Jerusalem". Jerusalem, [early 1930s]. p. 16.
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