Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Silver Torah shield. [Italy, ca. mid-19th century].
Silver; repoussé and engraved; brass back.
Crown-form shield, with a Hebrew inscription. Brass-backed for protection.
Crown-form shields, known as demi-crowns, were used in Jewish communities of Italy and the Balkans.
23X13.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Minor fractures to edges. Ink inscriptions. Lacking most of the original chain.
For an identical shield (apart from inscription), see Sotheby's Catalog, October 2000, item 46.
Silver; repoussé and engraved; brass back.
Crown-form shield, with a Hebrew inscription. Brass-backed for protection.
Crown-form shields, known as demi-crowns, were used in Jewish communities of Italy and the Balkans.
23X13.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Minor fractures to edges. Ink inscriptions. Lacking most of the original chain.
For an identical shield (apart from inscription), see Sotheby's Catalog, October 2000, item 46.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Torah finials with depictions of the Holy Sites. [Eretz Israel, late 19th or early 20th century].
Olive wood; turned, carved and printed.
One finial is carved with images of the Western Wall and the Tomb of Zechariah, and the other with images of Rachel's Tomb and the Temple Site (Dome of the Rock). The inscription "Jerusalem" is printed at the base of each finial.
Height: 17 cm. Good condition. Two long cracks to one finial, restored.
Reference: 50 Rimonim: A Selection of Torah Finials from a European Family Collection. Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv University, The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, 1998. pp. 64-65.
Provenance: The Willy Lindwer Collection.
Olive wood; turned, carved and printed.
One finial is carved with images of the Western Wall and the Tomb of Zechariah, and the other with images of Rachel's Tomb and the Temple Site (Dome of the Rock). The inscription "Jerusalem" is printed at the base of each finial.
Height: 17 cm. Good condition. Two long cracks to one finial, restored.
Reference: 50 Rimonim: A Selection of Torah Finials from a European Family Collection. Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv University, The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, 1998. pp. 64-65.
Provenance: The Willy Lindwer Collection.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Pediment, cornice, side wings and pillars for a Torah ark. [Romania, 19th century?].
Carved and painted wood.
Pediment, cornice, side wings and pillars from a set of Torah ark ornaments. The intricate ornaments are painted in shades of brown, gold, red, green, blue and pale pink.
The ornaments are rearranged on a green wooden board. The two side wings, originally set on each side of the Torah ark, are fixed onto double doors. These ornaments are presumably only a few of a larger set of Torah ark ornaments.
Carved wooden Torah arks in Eastern European communities, especially Poland, Russia, Lithuania and the surroundings, where known for their size, splendor and iconographic richness. Romanian Torah arks also belong to this artistic tradition, but are significantly smaller. The animals adorning the Torah arks, chosen for their symbolism, are mostly mentioned in Perek Shirah.
Pediment: approx. 35X26 cm. Cornice: approx. 47X25 cm. Side wings: approx. 85X26 cm each. Pillars: 111 cm. Wooden board: approx. 150X63 cm, set on an 86 cm long pole. Fair-good condition. Losses to paint. Fractures, chipping, losses and cracks, repaired in part. Small holes.
Reference: Bracha Yaniv, Praising the Lord: Discovering a Song of Ascents on Carved Torah Arks in Eastern Europe, Ars Judaica, 2 (2006), pp. 83-102
Carved and painted wood.
Pediment, cornice, side wings and pillars from a set of Torah ark ornaments. The intricate ornaments are painted in shades of brown, gold, red, green, blue and pale pink.
The ornaments are rearranged on a green wooden board. The two side wings, originally set on each side of the Torah ark, are fixed onto double doors. These ornaments are presumably only a few of a larger set of Torah ark ornaments.
Carved wooden Torah arks in Eastern European communities, especially Poland, Russia, Lithuania and the surroundings, where known for their size, splendor and iconographic richness. Romanian Torah arks also belong to this artistic tradition, but are significantly smaller. The animals adorning the Torah arks, chosen for their symbolism, are mostly mentioned in Perek Shirah.
Pediment: approx. 35X26 cm. Cornice: approx. 47X25 cm. Side wings: approx. 85X26 cm each. Pillars: 111 cm. Wooden board: approx. 150X63 cm, set on an 86 cm long pole. Fair-good condition. Losses to paint. Fractures, chipping, losses and cracks, repaired in part. Small holes.
Reference: Bracha Yaniv, Praising the Lord: Discovering a Song of Ascents on Carved Torah Arks in Eastern Europe, Ars Judaica, 2 (2006), pp. 83-102
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
An exceptionally large silver-embroidered Torah ark curtain, donated by the banker and philanthropist Eduard von Todesco, in memory of his family. [Vienna], 5618 (1857/1858).
Ornate Torah ark curtain. Central medallion with a dedicatory inscription: "Donated by the great philanthropist, R. Eduard Todesco and his wife Sofia, to glorify the house of G-d, and in memory of his father… Tzvi Hermann, his mother Fanny, his brother Adolf Todesco and his esteemed father-in-law Philip Gomperz". The chronogram at the end of the inscription indicates the year 5618.
Eduard von Todesco (1814-1887), banker, philanthropist and entrepreneur, son of industrialist and philanthropist Hermann Todesco (1791-1844). Eduard inherited his father's businesses and continued his philanthropic activities, establishing foundations for the needy.
425X243 cm. Overall good condition. Mold stains and other stains. Tears and some unraveling to edges. Damage and some losses to edges. Stains and damage to back.
Ornate Torah ark curtain. Central medallion with a dedicatory inscription: "Donated by the great philanthropist, R. Eduard Todesco and his wife Sofia, to glorify the house of G-d, and in memory of his father… Tzvi Hermann, his mother Fanny, his brother Adolf Todesco and his esteemed father-in-law Philip Gomperz". The chronogram at the end of the inscription indicates the year 5618.
Eduard von Todesco (1814-1887), banker, philanthropist and entrepreneur, son of industrialist and philanthropist Hermann Todesco (1791-1844). Eduard inherited his father's businesses and continued his philanthropic activities, establishing foundations for the needy.
425X243 cm. Overall good condition. Mold stains and other stains. Tears and some unraveling to edges. Damage and some losses to edges. Stains and damage to back.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Synagogue rug depicting a menorah, a crown and the Tablets of the Law. [Eretz Israel?], 1924/1925.
Wool knot-pile; wool foundation.
Synagogue rug comprising three panels. The middle panel is inscribed with a dedicatory inscription reading, "dedicated by R. Shmuel Hoffnung and his wife Miriam," with two verse excerpts: "The work of a master weaver you shall make them," and "And the Mishkan you shall make out of ten curtains" (Exodus 26:1), and with the year of presentation, 5684 anno mundi [1924/1925]. The central field is set with an oval medallion containing a menorah, surrounded by symmetrical vegetal motifs. These are flanked by two (possibly later) side panels depicting a pair of columns, one topped by a crown and the other by the Tablets of the Law.
145X217 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Large repair to center. Later fringe. Suspension strip sewn to upper edge on verso.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Wool knot-pile; wool foundation.
Synagogue rug comprising three panels. The middle panel is inscribed with a dedicatory inscription reading, "dedicated by R. Shmuel Hoffnung and his wife Miriam," with two verse excerpts: "The work of a master weaver you shall make them," and "And the Mishkan you shall make out of ten curtains" (Exodus 26:1), and with the year of presentation, 5684 anno mundi [1924/1925]. The central field is set with an oval medallion containing a menorah, surrounded by symmetrical vegetal motifs. These are flanked by two (possibly later) side panels depicting a pair of columns, one topped by a crown and the other by the Tablets of the Law.
145X217 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Large repair to center. Later fringe. Suspension strip sewn to upper edge on verso.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Catalogue
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Silver box, with a Hebrew inscription and a Star of David. London, 1891.
Silver; repoussé, marked, maker's mark: J.N.N.
Small silver trinket box, with engraved Hebrew inscription: "Belongs to R. David Feigeles". A Star of David is engraved on the lid.
4X4.5X11.5 cm. Good condition. Minor fractures and bends.
Provenance: The Willy Lindwer Collection.
Silver; repoussé, marked, maker's mark: J.N.N.
Small silver trinket box, with engraved Hebrew inscription: "Belongs to R. David Feigeles". A Star of David is engraved on the lid.
4X4.5X11.5 cm. Good condition. Minor fractures and bends.
Provenance: The Willy Lindwer Collection.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art
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