Round cylinder, chased with band of organic interlace decoration and depictions of The Western Wall and The Tower of David, each topped with Star of David, labelled in Hebrew. Marked “Bezalel” above lower band. Height: 10 7/8”. Formerly electrified.

FINELY DECORATED BRASS SHELL CASE VASE.

Jerusalem

This particular case is important for its historical specificity. Along the shoulder, Hebrew inscription: “In Commemoration of the Liberation of Jerusalem, 24th Kislev / 9th December 1917”. This transformed object was originally manufactured as a shell case in the Cartridge Factory in Karlsruhe, 1916. See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel of Schatz (1982) no. 933, pp. 80 - 81 for a very similar example.