Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Silver Box for Circumcision Tools and Shield - Bezalel - Jerusalem, 1916
Opening: $4,500
Unsold
1. Box for circumcision tools, product of Bezalel, Jerusalem, [1916].
Silver; etching; velvet. Marked: "Bezalel Jerusalem" and dated "5676" [1916].
Rectangular box with a hinged lid. Decorated with entwined vine tendrils and grape clusters and the Hebrew inscriptions: "You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins", "Circumcision" and "He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised". The inside of the box is padded with green velvet.
9X19 cm, height: 3 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Bends. Scrapes. Velvet padding missing on inside of lid. Velvet worn and stained.
2. Shield for circumcision, product of Bezalel, Jerusalem, [ca. 1916].
Silver; etching. Marked: "Bezalel Jerusalem".
On one side of the shield is the Hebrew inscription "Magen Brit" (circumcision shield) and on the other, "He who commanded us to be circumcised". Grape cluster and leaf decorations matching the box decorations.
Length: 6.5 cm, width: 4 cm.
Silver; etching; velvet. Marked: "Bezalel Jerusalem" and dated "5676" [1916].
Rectangular box with a hinged lid. Decorated with entwined vine tendrils and grape clusters and the Hebrew inscriptions: "You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins", "Circumcision" and "He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised". The inside of the box is padded with green velvet.
9X19 cm, height: 3 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Bends. Scrapes. Velvet padding missing on inside of lid. Velvet worn and stained.
2. Shield for circumcision, product of Bezalel, Jerusalem, [ca. 1916].
Silver; etching. Marked: "Bezalel Jerusalem".
On one side of the shield is the Hebrew inscription "Magen Brit" (circumcision shield) and on the other, "He who commanded us to be circumcised". Grape cluster and leaf decorations matching the box decorations.
Length: 6.5 cm, width: 4 cm.