Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $400
Unsold
Olive wood sewing box, decorated with the image of the Western Wall. [Jerusalem, late 19th century or early 20th century].
Four-tiered wooden sewing box, with seven fabric-covered separate compartments; six pivot compartments. Lid decorated with a relief image of the Western Wall, with a polychrome marquetry frame.
13X20X17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Four-tiered wooden sewing box, with seven fabric-covered separate compartments; six pivot compartments. Lid decorated with a relief image of the Western Wall, with a polychrome marquetry frame.
13X20X17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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Souvenirs from Palestine
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $500
Unsold
Collection of olive wood stationery items sold as souvenirs from Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, late 19th century to first decades of 20th century].
Including: • A desktop ink and stationery stand, made of an oval wooden plate on which the word "Jerusalem" is printed. Placed on the plate is a carved camel with a figure seated on its back. The camel's hump contains a small inkwell. In the center of the plate, two stationery holders, and at its front a wooden candlestick, a pounce pot and an additional container. • An ink blotter, decorated with the image of Rachel's Tomb and the place of the Temple in Jerusalem, with the inscriptions "Jerusalem" (English and Hebrew), "Rachel's Tomb" (Hebrew), and "Place of the Temple" (Hebrew). • A page turner with the inscription "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and English. • Stamp box with the inscription "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and English • Paper weight with a relief image of the Dome of the Rock, and the inscription "Jerusalem".
5 items. Size varies. Good overall condition. Blemishes, cracks and fractures; figure on the camel missing a musical instrument and the inkwell in its hump had been replaced. Possibly, an additional lid is missing. Repairs.
Including: • A desktop ink and stationery stand, made of an oval wooden plate on which the word "Jerusalem" is printed. Placed on the plate is a carved camel with a figure seated on its back. The camel's hump contains a small inkwell. In the center of the plate, two stationery holders, and at its front a wooden candlestick, a pounce pot and an additional container. • An ink blotter, decorated with the image of Rachel's Tomb and the place of the Temple in Jerusalem, with the inscriptions "Jerusalem" (English and Hebrew), "Rachel's Tomb" (Hebrew), and "Place of the Temple" (Hebrew). • A page turner with the inscription "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and English. • Stamp box with the inscription "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and English • Paper weight with a relief image of the Dome of the Rock, and the inscription "Jerusalem".
5 items. Size varies. Good overall condition. Blemishes, cracks and fractures; figure on the camel missing a musical instrument and the inkwell in its hump had been replaced. Possibly, an additional lid is missing. Repairs.
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Souvenirs from Palestine
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $4,750
Including buyer's premium
An extensive and impressive collection of approx. 95 albums of pressed flowers. Various publishers, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Egypt, Jordan, London, Washington, New York, and elsewhere, late 19th century to mid-20th century (most albums are from the first two decades of the 20th century). Hebrew, French, English, German, Russian, Arabic, Greek and Polish.
Albums of pressed flowers appeared in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century and gained a rapid and outstanding success. Increase in tourism to the Near East led to a high demand for souvenirs and decorative objects, and until the beginning of the twentieth century the albums became popular items, and were considered prestigious and authentic. Most albums featured varied handcrafts and traditional Palestinian arts, including carving and wood marquetry, decorative arrangements of pressed flowers, and later on, various printing techniques. With the rise in demand for souvenirs during the first decades of the 20th century, the number of manufacturers of such albums multiplied, and the artistic quality of the flower arrangements gradually decreased. This collection is comprised of a varied and unique assortment of this long-forgotten craft.
Most of the albums in this collection are bound in carved and inlaid olive wood bindings; in many albums color postcards are incorporated, as well as lithographic prints and verses of poems in stylized script. Most of them use the flowers and plants as raw material only: the plants were pressed, cut, clipped and mounted in various decorative patterns, having nothing to do with their original form, and without any attention to their botanical and scientific characteristics; nevertheless, they were presented as if they were picked in various important sites. By contrast, few albums present the plants in their natural form alongside their scientific names, some even include a short botanical description. Some of the albums are Christian-oriented, presenting decorations inspired by the New Testament and some were printed by Jews, marketed to Jewish tourists and decorated accordingly.
Among the items:
• "Pirchei Eretz HaKedosha" [Flowers of the Holy Land], early album by scholar, geographer and explorer, Abraham Moses Luncz. • "Souvenir to Our Benefactors", souvenir album given to the Franciscan Commissariat of the Holy Land, published by "Mount St. Sepulchre" in Washington. • Albums with color lithographs printed by "Monsohn", Jerusalem. • Album of photographs and pressed flowers published by Yaakov Ben Dov, with photographs taken by him. • Three albums printed in Jerusalem under Jordanian rule, stamped H.K Jorden (Hashemite Kingdom, Jordan). • Three albums published by the American Colony in Jerusalem.
• Albums printed on the occasion of Allenby's arrival to Jerusalem, some of them titled "Remembrance of the British Army Conqueror of the Holy Land 9th December 1917", some accompanied by photographs of the day the British Army entered Jerusalem.
• Numerous albums published by different publishing houses: Leib Kahana; H. N. Shechter; Ferdinand Vester; Daud A. Hallac Bros.; Ephtimios frères; Gabriel et Abrahim Dabdoub; M. Weisman; The commercial Press; N. De Simini; F. F. Marroum; Ibrahim Atallah; Atallah Georges Frères.; and more.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, creases and minor tears. In some of the albums, blemishes to flower arrangements. Some detached or partly detached bindings; some missing binding. Some missing tissue-guards.
Literature:
1. Eliyahu Hacohen: "Ahavat Pirchei HaAretz BaMe'a Sheavrah". Teva Va-Aretz, volume 20, issue 2, 1978.
2. Ami Zehavi, "HaOsher HaYechidi shel HaAretz HaKedosha HaAniya". Et-Mol, Issue 227, 2013.
Albums of pressed flowers appeared in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century and gained a rapid and outstanding success. Increase in tourism to the Near East led to a high demand for souvenirs and decorative objects, and until the beginning of the twentieth century the albums became popular items, and were considered prestigious and authentic. Most albums featured varied handcrafts and traditional Palestinian arts, including carving and wood marquetry, decorative arrangements of pressed flowers, and later on, various printing techniques. With the rise in demand for souvenirs during the first decades of the 20th century, the number of manufacturers of such albums multiplied, and the artistic quality of the flower arrangements gradually decreased. This collection is comprised of a varied and unique assortment of this long-forgotten craft.
Most of the albums in this collection are bound in carved and inlaid olive wood bindings; in many albums color postcards are incorporated, as well as lithographic prints and verses of poems in stylized script. Most of them use the flowers and plants as raw material only: the plants were pressed, cut, clipped and mounted in various decorative patterns, having nothing to do with their original form, and without any attention to their botanical and scientific characteristics; nevertheless, they were presented as if they were picked in various important sites. By contrast, few albums present the plants in their natural form alongside their scientific names, some even include a short botanical description. Some of the albums are Christian-oriented, presenting decorations inspired by the New Testament and some were printed by Jews, marketed to Jewish tourists and decorated accordingly.
Among the items:
• "Pirchei Eretz HaKedosha" [Flowers of the Holy Land], early album by scholar, geographer and explorer, Abraham Moses Luncz. • "Souvenir to Our Benefactors", souvenir album given to the Franciscan Commissariat of the Holy Land, published by "Mount St. Sepulchre" in Washington. • Albums with color lithographs printed by "Monsohn", Jerusalem. • Album of photographs and pressed flowers published by Yaakov Ben Dov, with photographs taken by him. • Three albums printed in Jerusalem under Jordanian rule, stamped H.K Jorden (Hashemite Kingdom, Jordan). • Three albums published by the American Colony in Jerusalem.
• Albums printed on the occasion of Allenby's arrival to Jerusalem, some of them titled "Remembrance of the British Army Conqueror of the Holy Land 9th December 1917", some accompanied by photographs of the day the British Army entered Jerusalem.
• Numerous albums published by different publishing houses: Leib Kahana; H. N. Shechter; Ferdinand Vester; Daud A. Hallac Bros.; Ephtimios frères; Gabriel et Abrahim Dabdoub; M. Weisman; The commercial Press; N. De Simini; F. F. Marroum; Ibrahim Atallah; Atallah Georges Frères.; and more.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, creases and minor tears. In some of the albums, blemishes to flower arrangements. Some detached or partly detached bindings; some missing binding. Some missing tissue-guards.
Literature:
1. Eliyahu Hacohen: "Ahavat Pirchei HaAretz BaMe'a Sheavrah". Teva Va-Aretz, volume 20, issue 2, 1978.
2. Ami Zehavi, "HaOsher HaYechidi shel HaAretz HaKedosha HaAniya". Et-Mol, Issue 227, 2013.
Category
Souvenirs from Palestine
Catalogue
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $500
Unsold
Fleurs de Terre Sainte / Flowers of the Holy Land / Blumen aus dem Heiligen Lande. Publisher not indicated, Jerusalem, [late 19th century or early 20th century]. French, English and German.
An album with 18 chromolithographs of sites in Palestine and its surroundings, including the coast of Jaffa, the Jaffa Gate, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Gethsemane, Bethany, Solomon's Pools, Hebron, the Dead Sea, Damascus and Baalbek. Facing each print is an arrangement of pressed flowers, and beneath it a title in French, English and German, noting the site from which the flowers were collected. The album is bound in a fine olive-wood binding on which the Dome of the Rock is carved, with a wood marquetry border and beneath it, the title "Jerusalem".
24X32 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to leaves. Crack across the back board. Minor blemishes to arrangements of pressed flowers.
An album with 18 chromolithographs of sites in Palestine and its surroundings, including the coast of Jaffa, the Jaffa Gate, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Gethsemane, Bethany, Solomon's Pools, Hebron, the Dead Sea, Damascus and Baalbek. Facing each print is an arrangement of pressed flowers, and beneath it a title in French, English and German, noting the site from which the flowers were collected. The album is bound in a fine olive-wood binding on which the Dome of the Rock is carved, with a wood marquetry border and beneath it, the title "Jerusalem".
24X32 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to leaves. Crack across the back board. Minor blemishes to arrangements of pressed flowers.
Category
Souvenirs from Palestine
Catalogue
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $400
Unsold
Collection of souvenirs made by the American Colony store in Jerusalem, "Vester & Company, the American Colony Store". [Early 20th century to 1930s].
In the early 20th century, the American Colony purchased the store of Ferdinand Vester – manufacturer of wooden souvenirs and albums of pressed flowers - near the Jaffa gate. Vester's son, Friedrich, was appointed manager of the store, which began selling products of the Colony – photographs, postcards, albums of pressed flowers and more. Over the years, the store became one of the most beloved manufacturers of quality souvenirs in Jerusalem. Before us is a collection of souvenirs from the store:
1. Early postcard with an illustration of the Dome of the Rock and an advertisement for the store. Undivided.
2. Jerusalem and the Holy land, album with 24 quality prints (photogravures) of photographs from Palestine – Jerusalem, the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, Haifa Bay and more. Jerusalem, [ca. mid 1920s to early 1930s].
3. The American Colony Palestine Guide, by G. Olaf Matson. Guide to Palestine published by the store. Jerusalem, 1930. Third edition. Includes 12 prints - pictures from various sites across the land, folded sketches of important buildings and two large maps – Palestine and Jerusalem.
4-6. Three albums with pressed flower arrangements, bound in olivewood bindings. Two include color pictures of sites in the country (mounted alongside the flowers). In one album, the scientific names of the plants are printed alongside references to their place of appearance in the Scriptures.
The pressed-flower albums of the American Colony were considered especially beautiful, and were the first to depict arrangements of Biblical flowers alongside their scientific names and the verses that refer to them (presumably, these albums were made with the assistance of botanist and educator John Edward Dinsmore, director of the herbarium of the American Colony). Since the Colony operated an advanced photography department, some of the albums were decorated with pictures of sites in the country, which were sometimes matched to the place where the flowers grew.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
In the early 20th century, the American Colony purchased the store of Ferdinand Vester – manufacturer of wooden souvenirs and albums of pressed flowers - near the Jaffa gate. Vester's son, Friedrich, was appointed manager of the store, which began selling products of the Colony – photographs, postcards, albums of pressed flowers and more. Over the years, the store became one of the most beloved manufacturers of quality souvenirs in Jerusalem. Before us is a collection of souvenirs from the store:
1. Early postcard with an illustration of the Dome of the Rock and an advertisement for the store. Undivided.
2. Jerusalem and the Holy land, album with 24 quality prints (photogravures) of photographs from Palestine – Jerusalem, the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, Haifa Bay and more. Jerusalem, [ca. mid 1920s to early 1930s].
3. The American Colony Palestine Guide, by G. Olaf Matson. Guide to Palestine published by the store. Jerusalem, 1930. Third edition. Includes 12 prints - pictures from various sites across the land, folded sketches of important buildings and two large maps – Palestine and Jerusalem.
4-6. Three albums with pressed flower arrangements, bound in olivewood bindings. Two include color pictures of sites in the country (mounted alongside the flowers). In one album, the scientific names of the plants are printed alongside references to their place of appearance in the Scriptures.
The pressed-flower albums of the American Colony were considered especially beautiful, and were the first to depict arrangements of Biblical flowers alongside their scientific names and the verses that refer to them (presumably, these albums were made with the assistance of botanist and educator John Edward Dinsmore, director of the herbarium of the American Colony). Since the Colony operated an advanced photography department, some of the albums were decorated with pictures of sites in the country, which were sometimes matched to the place where the flowers grew.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
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Souvenirs from Palestine
Catalogue