Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
Silver-Filigree Spice Container - "Bezalel"
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Spice container created at "Bezalel". Jerusalem or Ben-Shemen, [ca. 1910s].
Silver, filigree. Marked: "Bezalel Yerushalem" (with soldered silver thread, on base of stem).
A tower-shaped container, ornamented with silver threads and small balls. The word "Zion" appears on the flag, inscribed with silver thread, soldered. The lid is removable; the container is surround by a brass-sheet ring which is seen through the windows and renders them a golden shade.
Height: 17.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
Literature:
1. Bezalel by Schatz, exhibition catalogue. Jerusalem, 1983, p. 60, item 689 (photographed, no flag).
2. Preisverzeichnis der Erzeugnisse der Kunstgewerbeschule Bezalel in Jerusalem, Berlin, ca. 1913, no. 27, plate 65.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Silver, filigree. Marked: "Bezalel Yerushalem" (with soldered silver thread, on base of stem).
A tower-shaped container, ornamented with silver threads and small balls. The word "Zion" appears on the flag, inscribed with silver thread, soldered. The lid is removable; the container is surround by a brass-sheet ring which is seen through the windows and renders them a golden shade.
Height: 17.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
Literature:
1. Bezalel by Schatz, exhibition catalogue. Jerusalem, 1983, p. 60, item 689 (photographed, no flag).
2. Preisverzeichnis der Erzeugnisse der Kunstgewerbeschule Bezalel in Jerusalem, Berlin, ca. 1913, no. 27, plate 65.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
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