Decorative Objects

Brass Menorah by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert is a reproduction of a minimalist branch menorah with a Bauhaus styling designed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert. Menorah is made up of nine long squ...

This charming piece of jewish history in front of you is a one of kind modern Judaica object, This box used to hold the Etrog To protect the it during the holiday of Sukkot, it is traditionally Wrapped in silky flax fibers and stored in a special decorative box, mostly made from silver. Wolpert designed this amazing hand hammered Bauhaus style box in 1963-1964 while he was Working in New York. all of the boxes we could found from this design made by Wolpert have The upper part inscribed in a simple engraving with the phrase "Pri Etz Hadar" In Hebrew ״פרי עץ הדר״. the box in front of you is the only example in existence as far as we Know where the letters are also repoussé and also engraved, such a beautiful and hard to get Combination, the rest of the box is shaped as a modernistic Etrog, all the body of the box is Skillfully hand hammered in a way it reflects the light in a warm and calm way, a true Masterpiece of modern judaica by the great and important artist Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert. One of the the two great masters of 20th century Judaica. the Box is marked "WOLPERT" AND "STERLING" and the base has the engraved inscription : "ALAN WECHSLER GENERAL CHAIRMAN, ALLIED JEWISH APPEAL OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY 1978" Similar boxes can be find in museum collections around the world In the Jewish Museum New York In the North Carolina Museum of Art In The Derfner Judaica Museum Another similar box was featured in the Israel Museum exhibition "Forging Ahead, Wolpert and Gumbel, Israeli Silversmiths for the Modern Age" sizes: Height: 4 in (10.16 cm) Width: 6.1 in (15.5 cm) Depth: 4.4 in (11.18 cm) Weight : Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert was born in Hildesheim, Germany, to an Orthodox family. In 1916-1920, He began his studies in sculpture at the Frankfurt School of Art. In 1925-1928, he studied Goldsmithing at the Frankfurt School of Art. Following the presentation of the works in the 1930 exhibition "Kult und Form" ("Ritual and Form") at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, his works became well known in the German Jewish World. His works were greatly influenced by Modernist design, especially the Bauhaus Movement. Wolpert's works avoid decoration, relying on clean, geometric shapes. In 1933, Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, he immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine with His family. There he worked for two years in the workshop of Bernhard Friedländer, where he Designed and produced silverware and Jewish ceremonial art.Together with Victor Solomon...

A Brass Art Deco Hanukkah Lamp by Ludwig Wolpert made in Israel in the 1960s. Classic Art Deco design using geometric shapes which were used in that period to make artistic creation...

Classic Hanukkah lamp designed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert in the 20th century. This Hannukah lamp is elegantly designed with two thin curved bars crossed at one end which serve as the three legs it stands on. Eight small cylindrical cups are neatly fitted with bobeches formed as flaring wicks behind them and placed in a straight row along the longer upper bar. The upper bar is interestingly raised at one end to hold the servant lamp which is designed similarly to the other in a cylindrical and flamed fashion...