Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Eliezer Ben Yehuda - Plate by Moshe Moro

Opening: $600
Unsold
Bullet of Eliezer Ben Yehuda's portrait, by Moshe Moro. Jerusalem, 20s-30s. Bronze casting.
Casted plate with bullet of Eliezer Ben Yehuda's portrait, signed: "M. Moro". Original frame, stamped: "M. Moro Jerusalem" (blurred stamp). Moshe Moro (1888-1957), studied in Bezalel from 1921; founded "Kamia" - a workshop for engraving amulets in ivory and stone.
Plate's height: 7 cm, width: 4.8 cm; frame's height: 13.5 cm, width: 10 cm. Good condition, minor oxidation marks on plate and frame.
Bezalel
Bezalel