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

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

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author

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Place

American

Publication

1909

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew and English, written in scribal and calligraphic style on card, surrounded by multicolored painted borders. Signed by artist: J.A. Simmons.

summary

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.

12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm). Framed.

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