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Religious Items For Sale
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A Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness Charity Container, Israel Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness charity container from Israel circa 1920 is an artifact associated with Jewish religious devotion and charitable traditions.
Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness, also ...
Category
1920s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Tin
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
An Early Charity Container from an Agudath Israel Convention
Located in New York, NY
This unique vintage pushka (charity box) is a rare historical piece from an Agudath Israel convention held in early 20th-century Europe, possibly near Switzerland. The design and inscriptions suggest that it was distributed to attendees as a keepsake and functional charity collection box.
The pushka is made of tin, crafted by the European company Gebr. Hoffman, which began producing tins in 1904 in Thun, Switzerland. The two halves of the box fit together seamlessly, ensuring a secure closure. One side features an embossed design resembling an early 20th-century Swiss coin, with a large "1" encircled by a laurel wreath. Below the number, a narrow slit allows for the insertion of coins, making it a practical donation container.
The reverse side of the tin bears...
Category
Early 20th Century European Religious Items
Materials
Tin
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
An impressive hand forged Hanukkah lamp inspired by Brutalist aesthetic. Hand crafted in Jerusalem, Israel circa 1960, the iron lamp stands with nine drip-shaped rustic candleholders...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Iron
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
A Copper and Silver-Plated Mezuzah Case by Stanley Lechtzin, 1983. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
A Copper and Silver-Plated Mezuzah Case made by Stanley Lechtzin in 1983.
Stanley Lechtzin (1936-) Stanley Lechtzin, born in Detroit, is the Founder and Chairman of the metals/jewel...
Category
1980s American Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Sterling Silver Mezuzah Case by Bezalel Artist Bier (Jerusalem, 1950)
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully handcrafted sterling silver mezuzah case was made in Jerusalem in 1950 by the Israeli silversmith Isaac Bier, a known artisan associated with the Bezalel School of A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Israeli Hand-Made Silver Spice Box
Located in New York, NY
This late 20th-century Israeli silver spice box showcases a handcrafted aesthetic by a local silversmith, though the maker’s signature on the base is partially illegible. The rectang...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid Century sterling silver Hanukkiah or Menorah - Made in 1954 by Viners Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1954 by Viner's Ltd., this handsome Elizabeth II period, Sterling Silver Menorah, is of traditional form. The menorah measures 9.75"(24.5m) tall, by 10.25"...
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$9,960 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Mid-19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Indian 18th Century Islamic Bronze Flag
Located in London, GB
Indian 18th century Islamic bronze flag
Indian, 18th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 20cm, depth 16cm
This bronze flag, or alam, was produced ...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Kiddush Goblet by Hans Ettlinger
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver Kiddush goblet designed by Hans Ettlinger.
Hand hammered in Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1950.
Stem embossed with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,100 Sale Price
20% Off
18th-Century Polish Candle Holders – Primitive Judaica with Silvering Remnants
Located in New York, NY
This rare and authentic pair of 18th-century Polish candle holders embodies the rustic yet deeply symbolic craftsmanship of Jewish shtetls in Eastern Europe. Made of brass with trace...
Category
Late 18th Century Polish Primitive Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver Torah Pointer or Yad - Hallmarked in London in 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1929, this charming, Sterling Silver Yad, or Torah Pointer, is of traditional form.
The yad measures 11.5"(29cm)in length, by 1.5"...
Category
1920s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Moroccan Charity Container, Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
This Moroccan charity container from around 1920 is a unique artifact that represents the containers that were often used for collecting donations or contributions for various charit...
Category
1920s Moroccan Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Tin
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
A Rare Olivewood Etrog Container, Jerusalem 20th century
Located in New York, NY
A rare 20th-century olivewood Etrog container handcrafted in Jerusalem. The box features an octagonal shape with intricate carvings that celebrate its cultural and religious signific...
Category
20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Olive
A Mid- 20th Century, Wooden Inlay Etrog Box, Jerusalem Souvenier
Located in New York, NY
A mid-20th-century inlaid Etrog box handcrafted and made in Jerusalem. The box features intricate inlay work with wood and bone, showcasing a hand-carved central fruit motif - an Etr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Wood
An Olivewood Dreidel, Jerusalem Circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
A Lovely Olivewood Dreidel made in Jerusalem Circa 1950.
This special Olivewood dreidel is simply designed yet so aesthetically pleasing to behold and spin. The Dreidel is made enti...
Category
1950s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Olive
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
A Brass Mezuzah Case, India Early 20th Century. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous Brass Mezuzah Case made in India in the Early 20th Century.
Judaica pieces all over the world generally resemble places and cultures that the Jewish people were surrounde...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century German Wooden Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved wooden Torah pointer, Germany, circa 1880.
Folk Art Judaica.
Every item in Menorah Galleries is accompanied by a Lifetime "Certificat...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$3,052 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Tzedakah Box by Gruss
Located in New York, NY
This tzedakah (charity) box, crafted by Brooklyn-based artists Lorelei and Alex Gruss in the year 2000, is an exquisite example of Judaic artistry. The design features a silhouette of a cityscape, likely evoking Jerusalem, rendered in gold-toned metal with intricate cutouts. The background is inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl, lending the piece a luminous, ethereal quality.
Beneath the cityscape, the Hebrew word “צדקה” (tzedakah) is prominently displayed, symbolizing the Jewish practice of charitable giving. Two decorative blue gemstones, set into two stars of David, enhance the front, adding a touch of color and sophistication. The box’s wooden structure complements the gold-toned metal and mother-of-pearl inlay, creating a harmonious blend of materials.
This beautifully crafted tzedakah box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Religious Items
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Late 19th Century Austro-Hungarian Silver Yom Kippur Belt Buckle
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Yom Kippur belt buckle, Austro-Hungarian Empire, circa 1870.
Repoussé with Lions of Judah flanking a crowned cartouche whose interior reads ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,477 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Czech Porcelain Passover Seder Plate
Located in New York, NY
Unusual oval shape Seder plate, Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia, circa 1900.
Divided into seven wells and inscribed with gold lettering and border with the order of the Seder.
Signed on t...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Religious Items
Materials
Porcelain
$660 Sale Price
38% Off
Early 20th Century Silver Charoset Dish for Passover by Felix Horovitz
By Felix Horovitz
Located in New York, NY
Silver Charoset dish, Felix Horovitz, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, circa 1905.
The oval small dish is decorated with vine and grapes, the base is decorated with Stars of David and sma...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Cast Brass Hanukkah Menorahs for Father and Son by Oppenheim, Israel
Located in New York, NY
This elegant pair of brass Hanukkah menorahs, produced in 1950 by Oppenheim in Israel, exemplifies the high-quality craftsmanship characteristic of mid-20th-century Judaica. Designed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Betzalel Hand-Made Silver Filigree Spice Box
Located in New York, NY
This is a meticulously handcrafted silver filigree spice box, created in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts tradition, a hallmark of early 20th-century Jewish artistic expression ...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-19th Century French Silver Torah Finials 'Rimmonim'
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah finials, chased, pierced, engraved, and cast, France, circa 1860.
The finials are constructed with large open-work decorated ball ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$9,260 Sale Price
27% Off
A Pewter and Copper Mezuzah Case by Shalom Bodner, United States 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Refined Pewter and Copper Mezuzah Case made by Shalom Bodner, in the United States in the 20th Century.
Shalom Bodner (1932-) Born in Czechoslovakia, Bodner immigrated to Israel in 1949. He studied painting and sculpture at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and continued his studies at the Grande Chaumiere in Paris. In 1979 Bodner came to the United States where he pursued a career in jewelry and Judaica.
He has been a painter for over forty years and has been exhibited throughout Israel, Europe, and South America.
Each item he creates is individually hand-crafted from mixed media which includes silver, brass, copper, bronze, and lead-free pewter.
A must-have for any Judaica Collector; this unique Mezuzah case is truly eclectic, made by a person who lived in many parts of the world, and his creativity is derived from those places.
This mezuzah is not made in the general fashion of one solid piece rather three separate ones and when combined makes a fabulous designed casing.
The top of the mezuzah case is decorated with a hamza and foliate scrolling and is inserted through its center cylindrical copper shaft to secure the scroll within. the center is beautifully embossed with foliate borders
Surrounding the center "Shin" are the words "Shema Yisroel" spelled forward...
Category
20th Century North American Religious Items
Materials
Copper, Pewter
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Sterling Silver Communion Beaker and Wafer Tazza
By Edward Edwards II
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique William IV sterling silver communion beaker and wafer tazza; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This fine antique William IV English sterling silver communion set consists of a beaker and tazza.
The antique beaker has a plain bell shaped flared form onto a spreading circular foot.
The wafer tazza has a circular form with a plain circular foot.
The surface of the tazza, upper rim of the beaker and foot are ornamented with a band of tooled decoration.
This antique beaker retains the original gilt interior.
Dimensions
Height of beaker 7.7 cm/3"
Diameter of top 6 cm/2.3"
Diameter of base 4 cm/1.5"
Diameter of tazza 6.2 cm/2.5"
Weight
6 troy ounces/186g
Condition
Each piece of this antique communion set...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th-Century Dutch Silver Yom Kippur Belt Buckle with Biblical Motifs
Located in New York, NY
This rare and exquisite 18th-century silver belt buckle from the Netherlands was worn on Yom Kippur, secured with a cloth sash around the traditional kittel. It is a masterful exampl...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Set of 6 sterling silver kiddush cups on a tray - Birmingham 1976 & 1986
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1976 by A. T. Cannon Ltd & Birmingham 1986 by R. E. Porter, this charming Elizabeth II, Sterling Silver Set of 6 Kiddush Cups on Tray, are plain in design...
Category
1970s English Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver paten; part of our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Vic...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Kollel America Charity Container, New York Circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
A Kollel America Tiferet Jerusalem Charity Container from New York circa 1930 is tied to the charitable activities of Jewish immigrant communities in America raising donations for ca...
Category
Early 20th Century American Religious Items
Materials
Tin
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Iron Candlesticks by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Hand forged, iron Shabbat candlesticks in the style known as "Brutalism," David Palombo, Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1955.
David Palombo (1920-1966) was a sculptor and painter born ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Iron
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Export Silver Christening Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A very good and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver christening mug; an addition to our diverse silver christening collection.
This fine antiq...
Category
1890s English Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
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
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-18th Century Italian Bronze Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Rare bronze Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Italy, circa 1750.
On round decorated base with baluster shape stem.
The upper portion constructed with eight semicircle arms support eight oil f...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
$5,338 Sale Price
29% Off
Western Wall Heritage Mezuzah – Hand-Carved Stone with Menorah by Gideon Bustani
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable mezuzah is hand-carved from authentic Jerusalem stone, originally part of the Western Wall. These historic stones, uprooted due to structural shifts over 70 years ago, were later repurposed to cover marble sinks used...
Category
2010s Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Stone
An Olivewood Kiddush Goblet, Jerusalem Circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
A Very Rare Olivewood Kiddush Goblet made in Jerusalem circa 1930, a unique artifact that merges religious symbolism with regional craftsmanship.
Jerusalem during the 1930s was a ce...
Category
1930s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Olive
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
A Beaded Dreidel, 2nd half 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Modern Beaded Dreidel, made in the 2nd half 20th Century.
This dreidel is one of the earlier modernistic Dreidels which was created with weaving beads on the outside of a classic ...
Category
Late 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Beads
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
A Woman's Cloak, Uzbekistan, Late 19th century
Located in New York, NY
A Luxurious Woman's Cloak made in Uzbekistan in the Late 19th century
This garment, known as a chyrpy or faranji, is a traditional overgarment worn in public by women in Central Asi...
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Antique Religious Items
Materials
Cotton, Silk
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Ornate Silver-Bound Machzor by I.M. Fain Israel with Filigree and Gemstone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Machzor, a Jewish High Holiday prayer book, is encased in an ornate silver binding crafted by I.M. Fain, a very well known Jewish silversmith who worked in Israel duri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Kiddush Goblet by Moshe Smilovici
Located in New York, NY
Hand-hammered silver Kiddush goblet, Moshe Smilovici, Tel Aviv, Israel, circa 1950.
On round base engraved with leaves and tall stem. Upper wine section is engraved with the temple ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$980 Sale Price
20% Off
A Keren Hayeshuv Charity Container, Israel Circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
A Keren Hayeshuv charity container from Israel circa 1940 is an artifact tied to the early years of the State of Israel and its efforts to support Jewish settlement and development.
Keren Hayeshuv, which translates to "The Settlement Fund," was an organization established in Israel during the pre-statehood period and continued its activities after the establishment...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Tin
Late Roman/Byzantine Jewish Blue Glass Amulet with Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Late Roman to Early Byzantine, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A rare and beautiful amulet of a generally circular form with a flat bottom, a raised periphery, and an integral suspension loop, mo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Glass
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Silver 'Yad'
Located in London, London
Carrying spurious marks for Russia 1872, this Antique Silver Yad measures 11.5"(29cm) in length, and weighs 2.4 troy ounces.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
A Pair of Carved Olivewood, Bone and Mother of Pearl Atzei Chaim Jerusalem 1913
Located in New York, NY
A Stunning Pair of Carved Olivewood, Bone, and Mother of Pearl Atzei Chaim made in Jerusalem in 1913.
Atzei Chaim are made of beautifully hand-carved olivewood and inlaid mother of ...
Category
1910s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Olive
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Iron Shabbat Candle Holder by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Iron Shabbat candle holder crafted in brutalist style by David Palombo. Made for two candles, each of the holders is decorated with petals-like s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Iron
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 18th Century German Parcel-Gilt Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century continental parcel-gilt silver Torah pointer made in Germany. This magnificent torah pointer is shaped in a tapered spiral form. At one end of the pointer, a beautifully designed gilt hand, while at the other a small dome engraved “Philip Salomons Esqr." The dome tip has a linked chain, facilitating its grip. The ring of the pointer is marked with maker's mark VM, and an illegible town mark.
Provenance
Philip Salomons (1796-1867), sold at his death to
Reuben David Sassoon...
Category
Late 18th Century German Classical Roman Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
A Purim Grogger by Jacobs late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Purim Grogger by Jacobs in the late 20th Century
Grogger (noisemaker) is shaped in the figure of a metallic fish with tan and red fins and attached to the m...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Metal
$1,200 Sale Price
27% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass and Iron Memorial Candle by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Pierced brass cylinder and iron base form this beautiful Memorial candle, crafted in brutalist style by David Palombo. Reminiscent of the Pillar of Fire, which provides a scared elem...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Iron
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Mid-18th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
A German Wood and Brass Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
A German Wood and Brass Torah Pointer.
This Torah Pointer is made of wood and brass and painted black, unlike most Torah pointers which were made in Germa...
Category
20th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Painted Aluminum Hannukah Lamp by Luigi Del Monte
Located in New York, NY
This minimalist Hanukkah lamp created in 2002 by the Italian designer Luigi Del Monte, is made of painted aluminum in a striking blue finish. The lamp’s design features a linear arra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Religious Items
Materials
Aluminum
19th Century French Enamel Plaque Depicting 'The Finding of Moses'
Located in London, GB
This fine enamel plaque is notable both for its large size and the exquisite contrast produced between the rich, blue enamel backdrop against the grey foreground, created using the g...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Enamel
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
1880s Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Textile
$23,592 Sale Price
21% Off
Rare English Antique Sterling Silver Yad - Hallmarked in London in 1907
By Jacob Fenigstein
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1907 by Jacob Fenigstein, this handsome, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Yad, is of traditional form. The yad measures 12"(30cm) ...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
1950s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$5,060 Sale Price
46% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Hanukkah lamp Menorah by Bezalel. Decorated with filigree work, and with acid etched Hebrew text: "these candles are holy". The Menorah can also serve as Shabbat Cand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,776 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Brass and Aluminum Israeli Purim Noisemaker
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Brass and Aluminum Israeli Purim Noisemaker
This noisemaker features a modern, minimalist design with a combination of metal and colored elements. The central cylindri...
Category
Early 2000s Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Religious Artifacts and Antiques for Sale on 1stDibs
Religious art has had an enduring and significant role throughout history and continues to resonate with modern audiences. Over the years, vintage and antique religious artifacts have become popular with collectors and the devout alike, and religious art has been used to express devotion across a range of media.
Historic examples of religious art remain evocative. From the Renaissance to 1800, many Old Masters actively explored sacred themes from Christianity. In the Baroque period, painters infused religious scenes with intense emotions through the technique of chiaroscuro, which uses strong contrasts between light and dark.
From the 18th to 19th century, Gothic Revival saw designers using elements that evoked the Middle Ages. Artists found inspiration in the romantic qualities of medieval paneling, furniture and other accoutrements, such as candelabras, statues and crosses. Works created in the Gothic style add drama and a grandiose elegance to any room.
Religious art reflects the diversity of beliefs around the world. Islamic art and Judaica are just a couple of examples of the vibrant expression that has coursed through faith-based art over the centuries. Sculptures have long depicted the image of Buddha, while intricately carved reliefs have stunningly depicted deities from Hinduism, like Ganesh. Members of Nepalese religions that emphasize shamanism have made ornate drums, artistically enhanced with images of animals like birds.
In some cases, artisans have created pieces that celebrate specific religious holidays such as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. But even everyday items are an opportunity to bring both art and religion into a space. For example, designers of furniture over the years have drawn on elements found in cathedrals and other religious settings in order to elevate their work.
On 1stDibs, find a varied collection of antique and vintage religious artifacts and other objects that can be searched by style, period, artist and material, such as wood or metal.