Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: Unsold
Hanging Shabbat lamp [Holland, 19th century]. Cast brass. Consists of five parts: a spreading crown; baluster; oil reservoir with seven beams, with space for wicks; drip bowl with scalloped borders; cone pendant. Length: 80 cm., max. width: 28 cm. Good condition. See similar lamp in: Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, edited by R. D. Barnett. London, 1974, item 378, plate CXIII.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $3,250
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Memorial lamp for the synagogue (Kas / Kas Des-s’il). Morocco, [early 20th century]. Dedication from 1907. Cut brass. Cut decoration with dense geometric and vegetal patterns. Dedication appears on three bands: “in honor of Rabbi Meir Ba’al Haness….”. Length: 30 cm., max. width 26 cm. No glass cup. Damages to attachment of chains to lamp.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $4,500
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Memorial lamp for the synagogue (Kas / Kas Des-s’il). Morocco, [early 20th century]. Brass. The hanger is cast in the shape of a Hamsa, thumb pointing out. Five chains composed of decorated links. Glass cup for oil. Length: 85 cm, max. diameter: 22 cm. Good condition. See: Zeyde Schulmann Collection, the Israel Museum, no. 117/142; B64.12.4032.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,375
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Memorial lamp for the synagogue (Kas / Kas Des-s’il). Morocco, [early 20th century]. Brass. Hanger cast in the shape of a Hamsa. Glass cup for oil. Length: 100 cm., max. diameter: 22 cm. Good condition. See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983 (2nd edition), pp. 40-41, no. 44.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
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Memorial lamp for hanging. [Tunisia], 1927. Silver (marked), engraved. Memorial lamp for hanging from the ceiling. Engraved inscription: Kodesh leHashem… Julia Hadad bat Avraham Nagar… 1927…”. Engraved in Arabic numerals: “1928”. Three hooks and three suspension chains. Height: 18 cm. Good condition. Some bends and stains. Missing a decoration on lower part.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $5,500
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Two Shabbat and Memorial lamps (“Kandil”). 1. Mogador, [early 20th century]. Cut and engraved silver. Backplate is decorated with vegetal patterns; topped with a pair of chickens. Length: 26 cm, width: 14.5 cm. Side plates and the base are partly detached (lacking brackets). Silver plate, at base, is slightly broken. 2. Morocco, [late 19th / early 20th century]. Cut brass, hammered and embossed. Backplate is decorated with a bird cut out of a brass plate. Embossed geometric and vegetal patterns. Length: 30 cm., max. width: 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some damages. See: Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983 (2nd edition), p. 45, no. 51-52.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $4,250
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Memorial lamp, for hanging on the synagogue wall (Kas / Kas Des-s’il). Morocco, dedication from 1953. Sawn and engraved silver. Elaborate object. Upper band with a cut dedication: “Ner Mitzva…Shlomo Butbul…1953”. Lower band with engraved inscription: “Tantzeva”, base sawn in the shape of a Star of David, with rich decorations in floral motifs and a large flower turning down from the center of the Star of David. The two bands are supported by three cut “wings”, with curved vegetal patterns and engraved lines. Two long hooks are attached to a wooden board, for suspension. Height: 38 cm, max. width: 40 cm. Good condition. No glass jug. Stains and tarnish. Breaks to lower rings.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
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Memorial lamp, for hanging on the synagogue wall. [Tunisia, 1937]. Dedication from 1937. Wood, silver. Nailed to a wooden plate is a decoration shaped as a seven-branched Menorah. On the base of the Menorah appears an engraved inscription: “10 Juin 1937, in memory of Avraham Mamo…”. A stylized hanger is attached to the lamp rod. The stand for the lighting lamp is soldered to it, decorated with flowers and an engraved inscription: “The old Avraham Mamo…”. With glass cup for oil (broken). Length: 39 cm, width: 23.5 cm, depth: 17 cm. Good condition. Bends.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
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Memorial lamp, for hanging on the synagogue wall. [Tunisia, 1955]. Dedication from 1956. Wood; silver. Wood plate to which two silver ornaments shaped as branches are attached. A wooden hoop at upper part, covered with silver, with an engraved dedication: “in memory of Haim Kushkash…”. With a glass cup for oil. Length: 40 cm, width: 27 cm, depth: 14 cm. lacking silver ornamentations to wood panel. Bends.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $350
Sold for: Unsold
Thick plaque with a dedication. [Probably, Eretz Israel], dedication dated 1920. Engraved silver. Rectangular thick plaque. Engraved inscription: “donated by Abramino Menashe… in memory of his father Avraham Sathon…on Tishrei 14, 1920…” (Hebrew). 20X30 cm. Four holes at four corners for hanging.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $30,000
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Posen Torah crown. Germany, late 19th century. Silver (marked), gold-plated, cast, repouseé and cut. Massive crown, adorned with an ornamentation of large leaves and a vegetal pattern. Bells appear, alternately, between the leaves. The crown is topped with a stylized ball. A large bell hangs within the crown (detached). A late dedication in Hebrew (from 1953) appears on the base. Height: 32 cm, maximum diameter: 23 cm. Good condition. Missing bell. Some stains.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Small ornament for a Torah scroll. [Europe, early 20th century]. Silver (not marked), engraved. Ornament consists of two parts: upper part shaped as a shield engraved “…Yagdil Torah…”. On the reverse – a clasp (for hanging on the Torah scroll case). The lower part is shaped as a Star of David, engraved: “Darkeiha Darkei Noam…”. The inscription is engraved in exceptionally fine letters. Both parts are connected to each other with three loops. Max. length: 15.5 cm., max. width: 7 cm. Good condition.
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