Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
Elaborate JNF Box Made by Fleischhacker – For the Fund's Senior Members
Opening: $6,000
Sold for: $13,750
Including buyer's premium
A box for collecting donations for JNF, made by Leopold Fleischhacker. Germany, [c. 1910; before World War I].
Cast bronze; bronze lock. Stamped: "Fleischhacker" and marked "G.R.4".
Rare impressive box; designed and created by the Jewish-German sculptor Leopold Fleischhacker (1882-1946), in the years before World War I. This box was made in a very limited number of copies, and was awarded to the most senior JNF members. There are only a few known copies in the world, and it is considered to be the most beautiful and rare JNF box. Embossed on the front of the box is the inscription "Keren Kayemet L'Israel - Jüdischer National Fonds" and a "Magen David"; embossed on the back panel are decorations of clusters of grapes, grapevine leaves and tendrils. Two large holding-handles. Original key attached.
Height: 17 cm. width: 13 cm. length: 9.5 cm. weight: 4 kg.
Cast bronze; bronze lock. Stamped: "Fleischhacker" and marked "G.R.4".
Rare impressive box; designed and created by the Jewish-German sculptor Leopold Fleischhacker (1882-1946), in the years before World War I. This box was made in a very limited number of copies, and was awarded to the most senior JNF members. There are only a few known copies in the world, and it is considered to be the most beautiful and rare JNF box. Embossed on the front of the box is the inscription "Keren Kayemet L'Israel - Jüdischer National Fonds" and a "Magen David"; embossed on the back panel are decorations of clusters of grapes, grapevine leaves and tendrils. Two large holding-handles. Original key attached.
Height: 17 cm. width: 13 cm. length: 9.5 cm. weight: 4 kg.
JNF "Blue Boxes" and Charity Boxes
JNF "Blue Boxes" and Charity Boxes