"Esther, " relief, product of Bezalel. Set in silver frame with pin on back, enabling it to be worn as a brooch. Jerusalem, [1906-29]. Relief, marked (Hebrew) "Bezalel Yerushalem"; silver frame marked on back (English) "Hand Made 925." Oval relief bearing image of the biblical Queen Esther. Another medallion bearing a cameo relief, carved from mother-of-pearl shells, with the image of Queen Esther donning a tapering head covering – a depiction very similar to the present one – appears in the Alan and Riva Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum (see below). Relief: approx. 5X3.5 cm. Darkening. Good condition. Silver frame: approx. 5X4.5 cm. Good condition. Reference: Chaya Benjamin (ed.), "Early Israeli Arts and Crafts, Bezalel Treasures from the Alan B. Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum, " exhibition catalogue, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2008, p. 91. 1. Estate of Mordechai Avniel, director of the Small Sculpture Section of the Bezalel School's Sculpture Department. 2. Estate of Bezalel Avniel. 3. Private collection.