Bar Mitzvah Plaque. The Torah portion of Miketz, read on Sabbath, Dec. 11th, 1909.

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 171

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Bar Mitzvah Plaque. The Torah portion of Miketz, read on Sabbath, Dec. 11th, 1909.

Manuscript in Hebrew and English, written in scribal and calligraphic style on card, surrounded by multicolored painted borders. Signed by artist: J.A. Simmons. 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm). Framed.

American: 1909

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

An attractive commemorative design, recording the entire Torah portion read by a young man, Samuel (Shamai ben Israel Halevi) Schwartz in celebration of the occasion of his Bar-Mitzvah. <<A most uncommon theme. >>