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Early 20th Century North-African "Fleur-de-lis" Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Algeria, late 19th century or early 20th century.
Unique design. Backplate is decorated with vegetal motifs and with a number of medallions, a small shield...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century North African Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
The hanging back-walled Hanukkah Lamp is made of brass and consists of a row of oil containers, a back and sides wall, and a hanger. A row of eight rectangular spouted oil containers is attached to the back and side walls. The pointed arch openwork back wall is flanked by two hand shaped (Hamsa) finials and is divided into two parts. The rectangular lower part is composed of a row of eight architectural arches in Islamic gate (Michreb) design. The triangular upper part bears a floral decoration. The side walls are composed of an Islamic arch...
Category
Early 20th Century Algerian Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th Century Tin Charity Container by Alfred Zaltsman, Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
The front of the box is inscribed with Hebrew and German: "Rabbi Meir Baal Ha' Ness charity collecting funds for Shomrei Ha' Chomot Kolel" and decorated with two images; Hatam Sofer ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Dutch Ceramic Commemorative Plate by Petrus Regout Maasticht
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic commemorative plate, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1925
Blue and white ceramic plate made in honor of a new building for the Jewish hospital of the Jewish-Dutch charity fund es...
Category
20th Century Dutch Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Moroccan Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Hanging brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, Morocco, circa 1900.
Decorated with openwork, engravings, and with figures of birds on both sides.
Made of heavy cast brass, the backplate is pi...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Religious Items
Materials
Brass
18th Century Dutch Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, The Netherlands, circa 1730.
The backplate is pierced and embossed with floral motifs around the vessel in the center...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Brass Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel brass plaque depicting a Jewish elder next to the Western Wall, made in Jerusalem, circa 1920, bearing a small metal label engraved "Bezalel Jeru...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, red, and gold painted tin charity box, The Netherlands, circa 1915.
Used for collecting funds for the Jewish hospital.
Decorated with Stars of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Polish Silver Kiddush Cup
Located in New York, NY
Engraved silver Kiddush cup, Poland, circa 1840.
On a flat base with floral decoration and with two village scenes engraving, one of the village scene depicting a tower with a simil...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Polish Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Nathan the Wise, 19th Century Austrian Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Judaic patinated bronze bust depicting Nathan the Wise, Austria, 19th century.
Inscribed Dimanche on the back. Original marble base.
Similar example depicting Nathan the Wise in his classic pose executed by famous Russian sculptor...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Framed Print for 25th Anniversary of Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Framed print on paper for 25th Anniversary of Bezalel Arts & Craft school in Jerusalem.
The print - "To "Bezalel" on the occasion on the 25th anniversary", issued by Palestine and Ne...
Category
Vintage 1930s Israeli Prints
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Moroccan Tin and Glass Synagogue Hanging Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Impressive lamp, in unique folk craftsmanship, metal sheet, bent and sawn; small glass plaques in various textures and colors.
General shape is of a star with eight points, with spa...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
18th Century German Silver Festival Kiddush Goblet
Located in New York, NY
Silver Kiddush Goblet, Hieronymus Mittnacht, Augsburg, Germany, 1763-1765.
Classic style tulip-form bowl with chased scalloped design motif with facete...
Category
Antique 1760s German Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th Century Wooden Torah Pointer from Alsace
Located in New York, NY
Rare Alsace carved wooden Torah Pointer (YAD), 18th century.
The body of the pointer is engraved in its first part with a decoration of palmettes and stripes. It then continues with...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Silver Schnapps Cup
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver Zionist Schnapps cup, France, circa 1920.
This shot cup is decorated with a Star of David enclosed in a wreath with a bow, and the word “Zion” in Hebrew. Marked with...
Category
Early 20th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container, Jerusalem, circa 1920.
Ball spice container raised on a stem, On a round decorated base with fili...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Shabbat Table Cover from Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Folk Art Shabbat table cover, Jerusalem, circa 1900.
Embroidered at the four corners with the holy places for Jews in Israel, and with the wailing wall at the center.
The Hebrew rectangular text is a traditional song sung by Jews every Friday night upon returning home from synagogue prayer. It signals the arrival of the Jewish Sabbath, welcoming the angels who accompany a person home on the eve of the Sabbath.
The words to the song translate as follows:
Peace be with you, ministering angels, messengers of the Most High,
Messengers of the King of Kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He.
Come in peace, messengers of peace, messengers of the Most High,
Messengers of the King of Kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He.
Bless me with peace, messengers of peace, messengers of the Most High,
Messengers of the King of Kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He.
Go in peace, messengers of peace, messengers of the Most High,
Messengers of the King of Kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He.
The Hebrew text around the Wailing Wall scene...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
Early 20th Century Armenian Pottery Plate from Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Extremely rare Armenian pottery plate depicting the mosaic floor at the ancient synagogue of Beit Alpha in Israel, circa 1920.
Jerusalem's ancient Arm...
Category
Vintage 1920s Israeli Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Samson the Protagonist, Silver Plate Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel silver plate plaque depicting Samson slays a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey, made in Jerusalem, circa 1920, marked "Bezalel Jerusalem...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Decorative Art
Materials
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Silver Plate Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel silver plate plaque depicting Moses at Mount Sinai, made in Jerusalem, circa 1925, marked "Bezalel Jerushalem" in Hebrew and "Made in Palestine,...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Decorative Art
Materials
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Hungarian Enamel Kosher Butcher Shop Sign
Located in New York, NY
Heavy and massive enamel Kosher butcher shop sign, Budapest, Hungary, circa 1900.
White and black enamel over iron, inscribed in Hebrew and in Hungar...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Architectural Elements
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century Hungarian Enamel Kosher Butcher Shop Sign
Located in New York, NY
Heavy and massive enamel Kosher butcher shop sign, Budapest, Hungary, circa 1920.
White, blue, and red enamel over iron, inscribed in the middle :"Or...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Architectural Elements
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Baltimore Zionist District Jewish National Fund, Building Bronze Sign Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century, heavy and massive bronze sign plaque for the Baltimore Zionist District
National Jewish Fund.
Cast in USA, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century American Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Tisha B’Av, Bronze Plaque by Boris Schatz, Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Boris Schatz Bronze Plaque In high relief, expertly cast bronze. Depicting bearded men on the floor of the Synagogue reading kinnot (sad poems / elegies),...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Les Juifs Devant le mur de Salomon, Jews at the Western Wall, Engraving, c. 1880
Located in New York, NY
Les Juifs devant le mur de Salomon. Original, beautiful engraving. Published by Boussod and Valadon according to Alexandre Bida's original illustration,...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Prints
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by David Palombo
By David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Hand forged, iron Hanukkah lamp Menorah in the style known as “Brutalism”, David Palombo, Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1950.
David Palombo (1920-1966), was a sculptor and painter. He wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Iron
19th Century German Pewter Passover Plate
Located in New York, NY
German Passover Pewter plate dated 1825.
The plate with raised rim engraved in Hebrew with the Order of the Seder of Passover, In center, geometric design, surrounded by Hebrew text...
Category
Antique 1820s German Religious Items
Materials
Pewter
18th Century German Pewter Purim Plate
Located in New York, NY
Pewter Purim dish, Germany, late 18th century.
The outer rim has wriggle-work engraving stating “and of sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor” (Esther 9:22). Interspersed between some of the words are depictions of foliage and flowers. Large
decorative star in which the very center has three interlocking fish. This dish was used for the custom of sending gifts of food to friends or neighbors during Purim. In Central Europe, nuts and candied or dried fruit were the usual treats extended. The astrological symbol of the month of Adar, in which Purim falls out on, are fish, which is why that is featured in the center.
18th century pewter Purim dishes are much more scarce than 18th century pewter Passover...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Pewter
Early 20th Century Austrian Wooden Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Judaica Charity box, made in Austria, circa 1920.
Printed with a scene of the Western Wall, inscribed in Hebrew “Land of Israel / Western Wall / Rabbi Meir...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Religious Items
Materials
Wood
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Galicia, 18th century.
The backplate is cast and pierced featuring dense scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks.
This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Polish Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Mid-18th Century English Silver Kiddush Cup
Located in New York, NY
Engraved in Hebrew “I will raise the cup of deliverance, and I shall invoke the Name of G-d” (Psalms 116:13). To signify where the beginning and end of this verse is, an eight-pointe...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Bohemian Terracotta Figure Group of Three Jews
Located in New York, NY
Painted earthenware figure group of three Jews in overcoats and skullcaps, sitting close together on a bench. Their detailed faces have stereotypical Jewish features, such as sideloc...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Chad Gadya, Terracotta Passover Scene by Ze'ev Raban, Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Ze’ev Raban plaster -plaque made in Bezalel School, Jerusalem
This image is of the “father who bought the goat for two zuzim”. Designed by Ze’ev Raban, made circa 1915-1920. Signed w...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Polish Woman's Sabbath Cap 'Kupka'
Located in New York, NY
Gold and silver wrapped thread on canvas, gold thread embroidery, embellished with decorative appliques and sequins; silk lining.
Rare example of a magnificent cap worn on the Sabba...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Polish Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Shtetl, Oil Painting by Ilya Schor
Located in New York, NY
Oil on board, New York, circa 1950.
Depicting a standing bearded man wearing his tzitzis over his shirt pumping water to his horses.
Signed lower right “I. Schor”. Ilya Schor (1904-...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
18th Century German Pewter Passover Plate
Located in New York, NY
Pewter passover tray, Germany, 18th century.
The outer rim has wriggle- work engraving of the order of the Seder service, along with a pair of birds fl...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Pewter
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and pierced with a central two-handled vase of flowers, flanked by fully formed birds with their heads turned outward. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks.
For another example, see page 296 of the book “Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Polish Religious Items
Materials
Brass
19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Salonika, Greece, 19th century.
Openwork backplate with scrolled branches; three stylized flowers support central triangular c...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Greek Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Indian Brass Synagogue Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Zhumbar - large brass lamp for festive occasions. India, early 20th century.
Central hoop, with a dozen curved arms (with hoops at their end) - six turning upwards and six downwards. Four rods for suspension. Such lamps served the "Bene Israel" congregation that lived mainly in Bombay, Calcutta and other towns in western India. "Oil chandeliers with thirteen arms, known as Zhumbar, were used in the synagogue on festive occasions"
Literature: Orpa Slapak (Editor), "The Jews of India - Bene Israel, Cochin...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Post World War II South African Hebrew Inscribed Metal School Supply Box
Located in New York, NY
Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, 1947.
Painted blue and white with th...
Category
Vintage 1940s South African Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Needlepoint Tallit Bag, Jerualem
Located in New York, NY
An Intricate Jerusalem Textile, made in Jerusalem, 1886.
Double-sided large pouch. Wool thread embroidered on cotton net. One side has a lion and stag holding flags reading “Jerusalem” in Hebrew, which flank a crowned Ten Commandments. Titled in Hebrew “Swift as a deer, strong as a lion” (Ethics of the Fathers 5:20). “Jerusalem” is seen in large lettering, atop a pair of birds and flowers. Top scene of the reverse side is titled “Mount of Olives”, amongst a plethora of olive trees, and a cluster of buildings is titled “Chulda the Prophetess”, (where her and others tombs reside). Main scene is titled “The Western Wall”, which features the wall and outer structures with turrets and Cyprus trees. The Hebrew date of “1886” is revealed on the bottom corners. This delicate textile, incredibly vibrant in color after 130 years of being created, is a masterful, exceedingly rare work of art produced in Jerusalem by an unknown woman --- likely quite young, a teenager --- as a gift to an unknown individual. Too complex to be a “tourist trinket”, as we know of one other similarly-made textile that is in the collection of the Israel Museum, and is dated 1876: see the book “Jewish Folk Art: From Biblical Days to Modern Times”, page 122. A clue to where perhaps this was made is in the depiction of the lion and stag holding flags, as they are identical to those featured on the crest of Moses Montefiore. In the 19th century, Montefiore gave enormous sums of money to purchase land for Jewish settlements and establish schools in Palestine. This textile most likely hailed from a school for girls funded by Montefiore, and was made as either a gift for Montefiore himself, or another wealthy donor. As to the actual purpose of this textile, since it is in the form of a large pouch, its intended purpose might have been to hold a tallit (prayer...
Category
Antique 1880s Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Textile
Early 20th Century Eastern European Paper Cut Ketubah, Jewish Marriage Contract
Located in New York, NY
An Eastern European Kethubah Strikingly Decorated in Papercut Form, and with the Central Traditional Hebrew Text of a Most Uncommon Petite Appearance.
Uni...
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Religious Items
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Book Binding by Yaakov Ettlinger
Located in New York, NY
Tanach (Five Books Of Moses) with silver binding, handmade with dedication handwritten and signed by the President of Israel, Shimon Peres.
With the fiv...
Category
Vintage 1950s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Indian Brass Shabbat Hanging Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brass Shabbat lamp, India, early 20th century.
A circular Shabbat lamp, with seven spaces for hanging small oil cups. The lamp is suspended with three rod...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
19th Century Iraqi Silver Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Handcut strips of silver that have been bent into curvilinear shapes, with semicircle of candle-sockets, complete with drip-pans. A cast-made pair of birds, appearing to be ducks or geese, flank the servant light, while at top as the finial, a large casting of a hen or rooster.
While this overall form of lamp is known as hailing from Iraq, we cannot locate any other Iraqi lamps featuring the animals displayed on our example. Birds such as peacocks were widely used in Iraqi and other Middle-Eastern and North African Chanukah lamps, however the usage of the animals featured on our lamp likely have more to do with the surrounding Islamic culture than revealing any meaning in Judaism, which is typical overall for many motifs found on Jewish ritual...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Iraqi Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Afghan Silver Shabbat Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Silver Sabbath oil lamp, Afghanistan, late 19th century.
Featuring a rimmed bowl elevated on a paneled stem, with larger drip pan below, resting on three feet. Extended piece of han...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Afghan Religious Items
Materials
Silver
