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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $120
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Two identical medals made of different metals, commemorating the Archbishop of Paris, Denis Auguste Affre who was killed in the "Spring of Nations" revolutions. Paris, 1848.
Obverse: The archbishop of Paris Denis Auguste Affre standing on a barricade, surmounted by a legend in French: "Le Bon Pasteur donne sa vie pour ses brebis" (the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep). On the bottom appears the date – June 1848. Reverse: A triangle with the Tetragrammaton and a legend in French.
Diameter: 40 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: The archbishop of Paris Denis Auguste Affre standing on a barricade, surmounted by a legend in French: "Le Bon Pasteur donne sa vie pour ses brebis" (the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep). On the bottom appears the date – June 1848. Reverse: A triangle with the Tetragrammaton and a legend in French.
Diameter: 40 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
A medal struck to commemorate the victories of the allied forces of France and England in the Crimean War. [France], 1854.
Obverse: Portrait of Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III, surmounted by a triangle with beams of light and the Tetragrammaton. A legend in French appears around the portraits: "Reine D’angleterre, Empereur Des Francais", and the artist's signature – Monatagny F. On the bottom appears a legend in French commemorating the treaty signed between France and England in 1853. Reverse: Legend in French commemorating a number of outstanding victories of the allies – breaking into Bomarsund fortress and battles in the area of Sevastopol. Legend on the rim: "Cuivre".
Diameter: 52 mm. Good condition. Slight defect to rim, near the legend.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: Portrait of Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III, surmounted by a triangle with beams of light and the Tetragrammaton. A legend in French appears around the portraits: "Reine D’angleterre, Empereur Des Francais", and the artist's signature – Monatagny F. On the bottom appears a legend in French commemorating the treaty signed between France and England in 1853. Reverse: Legend in French commemorating a number of outstanding victories of the allies – breaking into Bomarsund fortress and battles in the area of Sevastopol. Legend on the rim: "Cuivre".
Diameter: 52 mm. Good condition. Slight defect to rim, near the legend.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $250
Unsold
1. Silver medal. [Germany, 18th century?]. Obverse: Moses on Mount Sinai. Reverse: Tablets of the Law with the Ten Commandments written in German. The Tablets are surmounted by the Tetragrammaton and surrounded by the legend: "Thue das so Wirst du leben".
2. Silver medal. [Germany, 19th century?]. Obverse: Moses with the Tablets of the Law, and the legend: "Honor thy father and thy mother" (in German). Signed – Loos [Gottfried Bernhard Loos[. Reverse: Cornucopia and a legend in German (partly erased).
3. Obverse: portrait, signed L.F. Reverse: Ten Commandments surmounted by the legend "Chai Te", surrounded by a crown and olive tree branches.
4. Obverse: Portrait of King Solomon. Reverse: the legend "Solomon, King of the Jews, 1015 to 915 B. E".
5. Silver medal with legends in Hebrew. [England, early 20th century]. Obverse: coat of arms of the United Kingdom and the legend "Kadosh Israel Malkenu". Reverse: Star of David (tips are stretched out of the medal's margins), and in its center the legend "Atem Edai". Suspension loop.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
2. Silver medal. [Germany, 19th century?]. Obverse: Moses with the Tablets of the Law, and the legend: "Honor thy father and thy mother" (in German). Signed – Loos [Gottfried Bernhard Loos[. Reverse: Cornucopia and a legend in German (partly erased).
3. Obverse: portrait, signed L.F. Reverse: Ten Commandments surmounted by the legend "Chai Te", surrounded by a crown and olive tree branches.
4. Obverse: Portrait of King Solomon. Reverse: the legend "Solomon, King of the Jews, 1015 to 915 B. E".
5. Silver medal with legends in Hebrew. [England, early 20th century]. Obverse: coat of arms of the United Kingdom and the legend "Kadosh Israel Malkenu". Reverse: Star of David (tips are stretched out of the medal's margins), and in its center the legend "Atem Edai". Suspension loop.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Unsold
Medal minted to commemorate the "Edict of Tolerance" issued by Emperor Franz Joseph II, which granted rights to the Jews in Austria. Austria, 1782.
Obverse: Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph II, the legends "Iosephvs II Rom Imp Semp Aug" and "Tolerantia Imperantis" [tolerance rules]. Signed – Reich [Johann Christian Reich]. Reverse: A rabbi, Catholic bishop and a Protestant priest praying. Surmounted by an eagle (the empire's coat of arms) with the sign "In Deo"; surrounded by a legend in Latin – "Sub Alis Suis Protegit Omnes" [we all are sheltered under his wings], and on the bottom the legend "Ecce Amici" and the year 1782.
Diameter: 44 mm. Good condition. Slight defects.
Provenance: Collection of Morton Leventhal.
Obverse: Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph II, the legends "Iosephvs II Rom Imp Semp Aug" and "Tolerantia Imperantis" [tolerance rules]. Signed – Reich [Johann Christian Reich]. Reverse: A rabbi, Catholic bishop and a Protestant priest praying. Surmounted by an eagle (the empire's coat of arms) with the sign "In Deo"; surrounded by a legend in Latin – "Sub Alis Suis Protegit Omnes" [we all are sheltered under his wings], and on the bottom the legend "Ecce Amici" and the year 1782.
Diameter: 44 mm. Good condition. Slight defects.
Provenance: Collection of Morton Leventhal.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Unsold
A medal minted to commemorate Admiral Sydney Smith's success in fighting off Napoleon's army in Acre during the battle of 1799. [England, ca. 1820].
From the series of medals minted under the guidance of James Mudie, to commemorate British victories in different battles.
Obverse: Portrait of Admiral Sydney Smith, and the legend "Admiral Sir S. Smith". Signed: Mudie [James Mudies] and Mills [George Mills]. Reverse: Allegorical relief – the British lion defending the Syrian camel against the French tiger. Legend: "Acre Defended, Bonaparte Repulsed, Syria Saved". Signed: Mudie and Brenet [Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet].
Diameter: 40 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
From the series of medals minted under the guidance of James Mudie, to commemorate British victories in different battles.
Obverse: Portrait of Admiral Sydney Smith, and the legend "Admiral Sir S. Smith". Signed: Mudie [James Mudies] and Mills [George Mills]. Reverse: Allegorical relief – the British lion defending the Syrian camel against the French tiger. Legend: "Acre Defended, Bonaparte Repulsed, Syria Saved". Signed: Mudie and Brenet [Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet].
Diameter: 40 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
Unsold
1. Medal commemorating the establishment of the Evangelical Church in Jerusalem in 1842.
Obverse: Three bishops, with flags of the Lutheran and Anglican churches behind them; worshipers kneeling by the bishops, among them Jews and Turks. Signed – Lorenz F. Reverse: Legend in German, "Zur Stiftung der Evangel Kirche in Jerusalem"[establishment of the Evangelical church in Jerusalem], surrounded by two palm tree branches.
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Silver medal, commemorating the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to Palestine in 1898.
Obverse: Portraits of the emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria and a legend in German. Reverse: Illustration of the Church of the Redeemer and a legend in German.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: Three bishops, with flags of the Lutheran and Anglican churches behind them; worshipers kneeling by the bishops, among them Jews and Turks. Signed – Lorenz F. Reverse: Legend in German, "Zur Stiftung der Evangel Kirche in Jerusalem"[establishment of the Evangelical church in Jerusalem], surrounded by two palm tree branches.
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Silver medal, commemorating the visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to Palestine in 1898.
Obverse: Portraits of the emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria and a legend in German. Reverse: Illustration of the Church of the Redeemer and a legend in German.
Diameter: 35 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Unsold
Three medals with portraits of European dignitaries. Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. 18th and 19th centuries.
1. Medal with the portrait of Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), British mathematician and philosopher. Geneva, [18th century]. Obverse: portrait of Samuel Clarke. Reverse: a student climbing a mountain towards Truth. A sun is seen on top of the mountain with the Tetragrammaton in it. Surrounded by a Latin legend: "Quo Veritas Vocat" [when truth calls]. Signed: "J. Dassier. F.".
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Medal struck in memory of Louis Jacobs (1803-1847), Belgian attorney, judge and Congress Member. [Belgium, 19th century]. Obverse: Louis Jacobs' portrait. Signed: Hart Fecit. [Laurant Hart]. Reverse: Dedication in French: "For his contribution to business, the arts, public education and industry", surrounded by a legend: "Congrès national, commission mixte de navigation, consiel communal d'anvers" [one of the Belgian congress committees in which Jacobs was active.].
Diameter: 53 mm.
3. Medal commemorating a folk festival, [Munich, 1892]. Obverse: portrait of Prof. Nussbaum [probably Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (1829-1890), a German physician from Munich]. A legend in German surrounds the portrait - "Volksfest der Vereinigten Münchener Radfahrer zu gunsten des Nussbaum Denkmals" [folk festival… a memorial for Nussbaum".
Diameter: 33 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. Medal with the portrait of Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), British mathematician and philosopher. Geneva, [18th century]. Obverse: portrait of Samuel Clarke. Reverse: a student climbing a mountain towards Truth. A sun is seen on top of the mountain with the Tetragrammaton in it. Surrounded by a Latin legend: "Quo Veritas Vocat" [when truth calls]. Signed: "J. Dassier. F.".
Diameter: 42 mm.
2. Medal struck in memory of Louis Jacobs (1803-1847), Belgian attorney, judge and Congress Member. [Belgium, 19th century]. Obverse: Louis Jacobs' portrait. Signed: Hart Fecit. [Laurant Hart]. Reverse: Dedication in French: "For his contribution to business, the arts, public education and industry", surrounded by a legend: "Congrès national, commission mixte de navigation, consiel communal d'anvers" [one of the Belgian congress committees in which Jacobs was active.].
Diameter: 53 mm.
3. Medal commemorating a folk festival, [Munich, 1892]. Obverse: portrait of Prof. Nussbaum [probably Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (1829-1890), a German physician from Munich]. A legend in German surrounds the portrait - "Volksfest der Vereinigten Münchener Radfahrer zu gunsten des Nussbaum Denkmals" [folk festival… a memorial for Nussbaum".
Diameter: 33 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $250
Unsold
Varied collection of 35 tokens. Europe, Curaçao and South Africa. 19th and 20th century (one token from 1612).
In the collection are some tokens minted as a substitute for money at times of shortage, tokens for use in various stores and for other purposes. Among the tokens:
• Token from the time of Louis XIII , France, 1612. • 13 "Judenpfennig" tokens. Tokens of this kind were minted by Jews in the Rhineland during periods of shortage of coins, 1809-1822. • Token issued by "Jeshurun & Co." [Curaçao, late 19th century]. • Two porcelain tokens issued by the merchant Henry Seligmann, Hannover, 1921. • Token issued by Finchen & Kleinmann, Natal (South Africa), [ca. 1930]. • Token for use in the café "Batty Muller" with a Star of David in the center, [France]. • Token with the legend "Hermann Tietz, Berlin". Hermann Tietz was one of the founders of the first department stores in Germany. • Token with the legend "Goldschmidt & Loewenick" [shoe manufacturing company, Frankfurt]. • And more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
In the collection are some tokens minted as a substitute for money at times of shortage, tokens for use in various stores and for other purposes. Among the tokens:
• Token from the time of Louis XIII , France, 1612. • 13 "Judenpfennig" tokens. Tokens of this kind were minted by Jews in the Rhineland during periods of shortage of coins, 1809-1822. • Token issued by "Jeshurun & Co." [Curaçao, late 19th century]. • Two porcelain tokens issued by the merchant Henry Seligmann, Hannover, 1921. • Token issued by Finchen & Kleinmann, Natal (South Africa), [ca. 1930]. • Token for use in the café "Batty Muller" with a Star of David in the center, [France]. • Token with the legend "Hermann Tietz, Berlin". Hermann Tietz was one of the founders of the first department stores in Germany. • Token with the legend "Goldschmidt & Loewenick" [shoe manufacturing company, Frankfurt]. • And more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Unsold
Eight tokens, minted for use by Jewish stores and merchants in Tasmania and New Zealand in ca. mid-19th century.
1-2. Two tokens issued by Lewis Abrhamas, fabric and sewing supplies merchant. Tasmania, 1855. Diameter 34 mm, 27 mm.
3-4. Two tokens issued by R. Josephs, New-Town Toll Gate in Tasmania, 1855. Diameter: 33 mm, 27 mm.
5-6. Two tokens issued by I. Friedman, a money lender in Tasmania, 1857. Diameter: 31 mm, 26 mm.
7. A token issued by Joseph Moir, builder and merchant in Tasmania, 1850. Diameter: 33 mm.
8. Token in the value of one penny, issued by Lipman Levy, shoes and boots manufacturer in New-Zealand. Diameter: 31 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1-2. Two tokens issued by Lewis Abrhamas, fabric and sewing supplies merchant. Tasmania, 1855. Diameter 34 mm, 27 mm.
3-4. Two tokens issued by R. Josephs, New-Town Toll Gate in Tasmania, 1855. Diameter: 33 mm, 27 mm.
5-6. Two tokens issued by I. Friedman, a money lender in Tasmania, 1857. Diameter: 31 mm, 26 mm.
7. A token issued by Joseph Moir, builder and merchant in Tasmania, 1850. Diameter: 33 mm.
8. Token in the value of one penny, issued by Lipman Levy, shoes and boots manufacturer in New-Zealand. Diameter: 31 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
Unsold
Half a penny bronze coin, minted by Moses Tolanto, a Jewish merchant in Barbados. [First half of 19th cent.].
Obverse: A case with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Moses Tolanto Barbadoes". Reverse: A barrel with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Freedom without Slavery". Diameter: 30 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: A case with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Moses Tolanto Barbadoes". Reverse: A barrel with the initials M.T. and the inscription: "Freedom without Slavery". Diameter: 30 mm.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
Unsold
Token – denomination: 5 cents, issued by Hotel Richelieu in Chicago. [ca. 1885-1895].
Obverse: The denomination (5 cents) and the legend "Bemis and Davidson". Reverse: Star of David and the number 3931, surrounded by the legend "The Richelieu, State st.".
Diameter: 25 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Obverse: The denomination (5 cents) and the legend "Bemis and Davidson". Reverse: Star of David and the number 3931, surrounded by the legend "The Richelieu, State st.".
Diameter: 25 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $120
Unsold
Two medals awarded for merit in religious studies. "Ahawath Chesed" Congregation, [New-York?], 1881-1886.
1. Round pendant. Obverse: the legend "Religious School Merit, 1881, Cong. Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. 34 mm. Suspension loop.
2. Pendant shaped as a shield. Obverse: "Religious School Merit, 1886, Congregation Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. Approx.40X40 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. Round pendant. Obverse: the legend "Religious School Merit, 1881, Cong. Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. 34 mm. Suspension loop.
2. Pendant shaped as a shield. Obverse: "Religious School Merit, 1886, Congregation Ahawath Chesed". Reverse: blank. Approx.40X40 mm. Suspension loop.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
Category
The Morton Leventhal Collection
Catalogue