Painted Religious Items

A pair of 19th century Hindu temple fragments. This pair of antique fragments were elements of a section of hand-carved wood frieze, within a...

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...

19th Century Black Forest Wall Shrine with Porcelain St. Anthony of Padua & Jesus will make a splendid devotional for any room, and features sculpted wood combining the Renaissance and Classical styles in a lovely oval form upon which has been placed burgundy velvet, making the painted porcelain figurine of St. Anthony cradling the infant Jesus...

This Fabulous Church Console Shelf sourced from a Church in the south of France Turquoise Polychromed wood of French origin. To the front of the console are beautiful carved details...

A Charity Container for the Rabbinical College of Telshe in Cleveland, Ohio from the 1960s is an artifact tied to the support of religious education within the Jewish community durin...

A charity container for the Turkish Or-A'Haïm National Israelite Hospital from circa 1930 is a historically significant artifact reflecting efforts to support healthcare and charitab...

A charity container for the Bnei Akiva organization in Israel from around 1950 reflects the ethos and activities of this prominent religious Zionist youth movement. Bnei Akiva is a ...

A Rare Metal Israeli Kotel charity container for Rabbi Meir Baal Haness from 1910 tied to Jewish religious and charitable traditions. Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, also known as Rabbi M...

A Yeshiva D'Chassidei Belz Charity Container from New York represents the support of religious education within the Belz Hasidic community during that period. Yeshiva D'Chassidei Be...

A rare, late 18th century earthenware Hanukkah lamp from Djerba, Tunisia. Rectangular in shape, the Hanukkah lamp is supported by two legs. The oil fonts take the form of eight small recesses, with pinched edges on one side for wicks. Apparently, a servant light (now missing) was placed in the upper part of the lamp. This is a particularly rare and early specimen. In all likelihood, this model – undocumented in the literature – represents a missing link between the stone lamps used in North Africa and the more familiar earthenware lamps of Tunisia, which are generally glazed in a greenish hue (in similar fashion to the present lamp). But in the latter group, the oil fonts are elevated, that is, supported on top of small columns, and are similar in design to ancient earthenware...