Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
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Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
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Torah finial (one of a pair). Libya, [19th century / early 20th century].
Wood; turned, carved, and painted.
Wide, cylindrical body. Recesses, carved to look like arched windows. Surmounted by conical ornament (broken). Partly coated with thick layer of paint in shades of gold, copper, and green.
Height: 36 cm. Good-fair condition. Few fractures and blemishes. Considerable loss to paint. Cracks.
Reference: Crowning Glory, Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York, items nos. 410-11.
Wood; turned, carved, and painted.
Wide, cylindrical body. Recesses, carved to look like arched windows. Surmounted by conical ornament (broken). Partly coated with thick layer of paint in shades of gold, copper, and green.
Height: 36 cm. Good-fair condition. Few fractures and blemishes. Considerable loss to paint. Cracks.
Reference: Crowning Glory, Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York, items nos. 410-11.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
Unsold
Torah pointer. Libya, or Gabès, Tunisia, [early 20th century].
Silver (marked, hallmark probably Libyan), cast and engraved.
Flat pointer, with hand clenched, index finger gently flexed, and cuffed wrist. Lower portion of handle broad and flat, sharply tapering toward wrist. Vegetal patterns engraved on one side. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on the other side: "Yosef Goueta...".
Length: 26 cm. Good condition.
Purchased in Gabès, Tunisia.
Silver (marked, hallmark probably Libyan), cast and engraved.
Flat pointer, with hand clenched, index finger gently flexed, and cuffed wrist. Lower portion of handle broad and flat, sharply tapering toward wrist. Vegetal patterns engraved on one side. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on the other side: "Yosef Goueta...".
Length: 26 cm. Good condition.
Purchased in Gabès, Tunisia.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
Unsold
Torah pointer. Libya, or Gabès, Tunisia, [early 20th century].
Silver (marked, hallmark probably Libyan), cast and engraved.
Flat pointer, with hand clenched, index finger gently flexed, and cuffed wrist. Lower portion of handle wide, tapering toward wrist. Vegetal patterns engraved on one side. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscriptions on the other side: "Hawato Arbib,"; "Tanoura (?) Kodesh."
Length: 25.5 cm. Good condition.
Purchased in Gabès, Tunisia.
Silver (marked, hallmark probably Libyan), cast and engraved.
Flat pointer, with hand clenched, index finger gently flexed, and cuffed wrist. Lower portion of handle wide, tapering toward wrist. Vegetal patterns engraved on one side. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscriptions on the other side: "Hawato Arbib,"; "Tanoura (?) Kodesh."
Length: 25.5 cm. Good condition.
Purchased in Gabès, Tunisia.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
Unsold
Torah pointer. Constantine, Algeria, 5665 [1905].
Silver, cast and engraved.
Flat pointer, shaped like stylized tree, in North African, Libyan-Algerian style. Scalloped handle, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using customary abbreviations): "Donated with [a generous] heart by the woman Massouda, may she be blessed among women, to honor a Torah scroll / of the Nakash family, Yitzhak Nakash, the 5th of Sivan, Year 5665 [1905]."
Length: 17 cm. Good condition.
Silver, cast and engraved.
Flat pointer, shaped like stylized tree, in North African, Libyan-Algerian style. Scalloped handle, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using customary abbreviations): "Donated with [a generous] heart by the woman Massouda, may she be blessed among women, to honor a Torah scroll / of the Nakash family, Yitzhak Nakash, the 5th of Sivan, Year 5665 [1905]."
Length: 17 cm. Good condition.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $200
Unsold
Torah pointer. Constantine, Algeria, [first half of 20th century].
Silver, cast and engraved; cotton thread tassel.
Upper portion of handle cylindrical, with ring suspended from tip. Lower portion flat, tapering from wide at middle to narrow at wrist of hand. Hand clenched, with long, extended index finger, and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using customary abbreviations) on the other: "Servant of the Almighty Avraham Azariah, may the Almighty maintain him and protect him." Tassel of green cotton thread tied onto ring.
Length: 26 cm. Good condition.
Silver, cast and engraved; cotton thread tassel.
Upper portion of handle cylindrical, with ring suspended from tip. Lower portion flat, tapering from wide at middle to narrow at wrist of hand. Hand clenched, with long, extended index finger, and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using customary abbreviations) on the other: "Servant of the Almighty Avraham Azariah, may the Almighty maintain him and protect him." Tassel of green cotton thread tied onto ring.
Length: 26 cm. Good condition.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
Unsold
Two Torah pointers engraved with inscriptions commemorating members of the Hajaj and Zeitoun families, both prominent rabbinical families from Tunisia. Tunisia, [20th century].
Silver, cast and engraved.
1. Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Upper portion of handle cylindrical; lower portion flat and rectangular, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on the other: "To the [peaceful] rest of Meiro Hajejaj [sic], may he rest in Eden… the month of Elul." Length: 25 cm. Good condition.
2. Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Upper portion of handle cylindrical; lower portion flat, wide, in the form of a stylized tree, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on the other: "To the [peaceful] rest of Miyoto (?) Zeitoun, may he rest in Eden, the 6th of Iyar 5705 [1945], Ya'akov Zeitoun, may he rest in Eden, the 6th of Shevat 5711 [1951]." Length: 26 cm. Good condition.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Silver, cast and engraved.
1. Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Upper portion of handle cylindrical; lower portion flat and rectangular, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on the other: "To the [peaceful] rest of Meiro Hajejaj [sic], may he rest in Eden… the month of Elul." Length: 25 cm. Good condition.
2. Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Upper portion of handle cylindrical; lower portion flat, wide, in the form of a stylized tree, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on the other: "To the [peaceful] rest of Miyoto (?) Zeitoun, may he rest in Eden, the 6th of Iyar 5705 [1945], Ya'akov Zeitoun, may he rest in Eden, the 6th of Shevat 5711 [1951]." Length: 26 cm. Good condition.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $250
Unsold
Two Torah pointers. Tunisia-Algeria or Jerusalem, [first half of 20th century].
Silver, cast and engraved.
Two Torah pointers of a form generally characteristic of pointers from Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria.
1. Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Remainder of handle flat; upper segment tapering toward middle; lower segment wide at top and tapering toward wrist. Clenched hand with long, gently flexed (broken) index finger and cuffed wrist. Hebrew dedicatory inscription (partly erased): "To the [eternal] rest of… Haviva Olga Tamam […]." Reverse side of handle with vegetal and geometric patterns. Length: 26 cm. Tip of index finger broken off and missing.
2. Upper segment of handle cylindrical, with several joints, and surmounted by suspension ring. Lower segment flat, with medallion, tapering toward wrist. Clenched hand with long, gently flexed index finger and cuffed wrist. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription: "To the [eternal] rest of the young man Hayyim Avrahami […] 1st of the Month of / Tevet 5671 [1911]". Length: 26 cm.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Silver, cast and engraved.
Two Torah pointers of a form generally characteristic of pointers from Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria.
1. Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Remainder of handle flat; upper segment tapering toward middle; lower segment wide at top and tapering toward wrist. Clenched hand with long, gently flexed (broken) index finger and cuffed wrist. Hebrew dedicatory inscription (partly erased): "To the [eternal] rest of… Haviva Olga Tamam […]." Reverse side of handle with vegetal and geometric patterns. Length: 26 cm. Tip of index finger broken off and missing.
2. Upper segment of handle cylindrical, with several joints, and surmounted by suspension ring. Lower segment flat, with medallion, tapering toward wrist. Clenched hand with long, gently flexed index finger and cuffed wrist. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription: "To the [eternal] rest of the young man Hayyim Avrahami […] 1st of the Month of / Tevet 5671 [1911]". Length: 26 cm.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $400
Unsold
Three Torah pointers. Tunisia, [20th century].
Silver, cast and engraved; copper, cast and engraved.
1. Silver (with Tunisian hallmark). Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Upper portion of handle cylindrical; lower portion flat, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using abbreviations) on the other: "Sanctified to the Almighty, to the [peaceful] rest of […] Yosef Hai Eljin, may his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life." Length: 26 cm.
2. [Tafilalt Region]. Upper segment decorated. Upper portion of handle rectangular and lower portion cylindrical. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using abbreviations): "Sanctified in honor of the Holy Torah, Rabbi Shimeon Bar Yohai, may his virtue protect us / to the Yeshiva […], gift of Señor David son of Dinon, may the lord protect him and maintain him / and his wife, Señora Rahel…, by the Rabbi, the Emissary… Rabbi Shemuel Ben Hayyim, may the Almighty maintain him and protect him." Length: 24 cm.
3. Upper portion of handle cylindrical and lower portion flat, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with thumb pointing sideways, with long, gently flexed index finger, and with cuffed wrist. Vegetal patterns engraved on wide part of handle, along with dedicatory inscription (Hebrew and French), on both sides. Hebrew: "To the [peaceful] rest of Beiya Touitou, may she rest in Eden, on the Day of the New Month of Elul, Year 5705 [1945], may her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life." / French: "Beithe Touito Decedee Le 8 Août 1945 à l'Age de 28 Ans" [Beithe Touito, passed away August 1945 at the age of 28]. Above the French dedicatory inscription is a copper plaque bearing the initials of the deceased woman, "BT." Length: 23.5 cm.
Silver, cast and engraved; copper, cast and engraved.
1. Silver (with Tunisian hallmark). Movable upper joint, attached by hinge. Upper portion of handle cylindrical; lower portion flat, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Engraved vegetal patterns on one side, and engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using abbreviations) on the other: "Sanctified to the Almighty, to the [peaceful] rest of […] Yosef Hai Eljin, may his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life." Length: 26 cm.
2. [Tafilalt Region]. Upper segment decorated. Upper portion of handle rectangular and lower portion cylindrical. Hand clenched, with long, gently flexed index finger and with cuffed wrist. Hebrew dedicatory inscription (using abbreviations): "Sanctified in honor of the Holy Torah, Rabbi Shimeon Bar Yohai, may his virtue protect us / to the Yeshiva […], gift of Señor David son of Dinon, may the lord protect him and maintain him / and his wife, Señora Rahel…, by the Rabbi, the Emissary… Rabbi Shemuel Ben Hayyim, may the Almighty maintain him and protect him." Length: 24 cm.
3. Upper portion of handle cylindrical and lower portion flat, tapering toward wrist. Hand clenched, with thumb pointing sideways, with long, gently flexed index finger, and with cuffed wrist. Vegetal patterns engraved on wide part of handle, along with dedicatory inscription (Hebrew and French), on both sides. Hebrew: "To the [peaceful] rest of Beiya Touitou, may she rest in Eden, on the Day of the New Month of Elul, Year 5705 [1945], may her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life." / French: "Beithe Touito Decedee Le 8 Août 1945 à l'Age de 28 Ans" [Beithe Touito, passed away August 1945 at the age of 28]. Above the French dedicatory inscription is a copper plaque bearing the initials of the deceased woman, "BT." Length: 23.5 cm.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $800
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Djerba, Tunisia, [18th or 19th century].
Earthenware, painted and glazed.
Rectangular Hanukkah lamp, 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 oil lamps.
Length: 22 cm. Width: 10 cm. Height: 3.5 cm. Fair-good condition. No servant light. Minor fractures.
Reference: North African Lights, items nos. 112-13.
Purchased from a Jewish family in Djerba, November 2005.
Earthenware, painted and glazed.
Rectangular Hanukkah lamp, 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 oil lamps.
Length: 22 cm. Width: 10 cm. Height: 3.5 cm. Fair-good condition. No servant light. Minor fractures.
Reference: North African Lights, items nos. 112-13.
Purchased from a Jewish family in Djerba, November 2005.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $400
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Tunisia (or Algeria), [19th century].
Brass, cast and punched; rivets.
Arched back plate, openwork, featuring eight horseshoe-arch gates, a vase with flowers, vegetal-style "windows," and two encircled stars. Back plate surmounted by additional encircled star, flanked by a pair of large birds on either side. Vegetal openwork side panels, surmounted by an additional pair of birds. Plain surface. Row of elongated rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks. Servant light adorned with four projecting spikes.
According to Mordechai Narkiss (see below), the design of this type of Hanukkah lamp bears the influence of Algerian architecture of the Ottoman period, as well as Algerian Islamic art. Please refer also to next item.
Height: 23 cm. Width: 22 cm. Good condition. Minor soldering repairs.
References: North African Lights, item no. 119; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. LV, item no. 155; Feuchtwanger Collection, item no. 384.
Purchased in Djerba.
Brass, cast and punched; rivets.
Arched back plate, openwork, featuring eight horseshoe-arch gates, a vase with flowers, vegetal-style "windows," and two encircled stars. Back plate surmounted by additional encircled star, flanked by a pair of large birds on either side. Vegetal openwork side panels, surmounted by an additional pair of birds. Plain surface. Row of elongated rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks. Servant light adorned with four projecting spikes.
According to Mordechai Narkiss (see below), the design of this type of Hanukkah lamp bears the influence of Algerian architecture of the Ottoman period, as well as Algerian Islamic art. Please refer also to next item.
Height: 23 cm. Width: 22 cm. Good condition. Minor soldering repairs.
References: North African Lights, item no. 119; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. LV, item no. 155; Feuchtwanger Collection, item no. 384.
Purchased in Djerba.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $400
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Tunisia (or Algeria), [20th century].
Brass, cast and punched; rivets.
Arched back plate, openwork, featuring eight horseshoe-arch gates, a vase with flowers, vegetal-style "windows," and two encircled stars. Back plate surmounted by additional encircled star, flanked by a pair of large birds on either side. Vegetal openwork side panels, surmounted by an additional pair of birds. Surface decorated with pattern of circlets. Row of elongated
rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks.
Height: 22 cm. Width: 22 cm. Good condition. Minor soldering repairs. No servant light.
References: North African Lights, item no. 119; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. LV, item no. 155; Feuchtwanger Collection, item no. 384.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Brass, cast and punched; rivets.
Arched back plate, openwork, featuring eight horseshoe-arch gates, a vase with flowers, vegetal-style "windows," and two encircled stars. Back plate surmounted by additional encircled star, flanked by a pair of large birds on either side. Vegetal openwork side panels, surmounted by an additional pair of birds. Surface decorated with pattern of circlets. Row of elongated
rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks.
Height: 22 cm. Width: 22 cm. Good condition. Minor soldering repairs. No servant light.
References: North African Lights, item no. 119; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. LV, item no. 155; Feuchtwanger Collection, item no. 384.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue
Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
July 13, 2021
Opening: $300
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Tunisia (or Algeria), [19th century].
Brass, cast and punched; rivets.
Small Hanukkah lamp. Openwork. Back plate features vase with flowers at center, above row of five horseshoe-arch gates. Surmounted by clover-like ornament, flanked by a pair of large birds. Each side panel with "window" in form of horseshoe-arch gate, and surmounted by hand-shaped ornament ("hamsa"). Surface decorated with circlets. Row of elongated rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks. Stylized servant light attached to back plate, just below apex.
Height: 13 cm. Width: 11.5 cm. Good condition.
References: North African Lights, item no. 122 (from the Stieglitz Collection); The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, item no. 177; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. LV, item no. 154.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Brass, cast and punched; rivets.
Small Hanukkah lamp. Openwork. Back plate features vase with flowers at center, above row of five horseshoe-arch gates. Surmounted by clover-like ornament, flanked by a pair of large birds. Each side panel with "window" in form of horseshoe-arch gate, and surmounted by hand-shaped ornament ("hamsa"). Surface decorated with circlets. Row of elongated rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks. Stylized servant light attached to back plate, just below apex.
Height: 13 cm. Width: 11.5 cm. Good condition.
References: North African Lights, item no. 122 (from the Stieglitz Collection); The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, item no. 177; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. LV, item no. 154.
Purchased in Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.
Category
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Egypt
Catalogue