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Auction 2 · Lot 1

GROUP OF FOUR MISCELLANEOUS BEZALEL ITEMS.

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Publication

Jerusalem, early 20th century

Description

Silver Cigarette Holder. Ivory mouth-piece chewed. L: 75 mm. * Silver Decorative Pin. Depicting Rachel’s Tomb. D: 35 mm. * Brass Mezuzah Case. Some wear at end. L: 85 mm. * Silver Bracelet. The Tribes of Israel. L: 176 mm. First two marked “Bezalel,” third: “Sharar-Bezalel,” last: “Made in Palestine.”

summary

Bracelet very likely produced by Ze’ev Raban. For a similar example, see Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Raban Remembered (1982) no. 114 (illustrated)
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