Certificate of membership.
AUCTION 27 |
Tuesday, February 08th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 374
(CHEVRAH KADISHA).
Certificate of membership.
Budapest 1907.:
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $800
This certificate attests that one “Israel ben Moshe” has been admitted as a member of the Burial Society of Pest. Produced by Czettel & Deutsch of Budapest, it displays four vignettes (right to left): 1) mourning; 2) almsgiving; 3) visiting the elderly; and 4) succoring the ill. While the Hebrew lettering is run-of-the-mill, its Hungarian counterpart is decidedly avant-garde. The vignettes are in light orange, surrounded by ochre