Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Jug – Bezalel – Damascan Craftsmanship

Opening: $2,200
Unsold
Bronze jug set with silver. Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1912.
Small jug with two handles. Four silver medallions are set in the center with the inscription "Bezalel", Yerushalem", Chag Sameach" and ""תרע"ב.
Silver settings decorate the lower part with menorah-shaped designs.
Height: 11 cm. Maximal diameter: 8.5 cm (with handles).
Good condition except for some wear to medallions, on some of which the letters are hard to be identified.
Similar jug appear in catalogue-price list "Bezalel" 1913/4 (see attached photograph).
Bezalel
Bezalel