Pair of Decorated Silver Cases for Tefillin – Eastern Europe...
Pair of Decorated Silver Cases for Tefillin – Eastern Europe (Probably Galicia), Ca. Mid-19th Century
Hallmarks: · Quality mark "12"; · Maker's mark "AJ".
Pair of decorated cases for housing phylacteries, with each case consisting of a cube-shaped box rising from a flat base. Adorned on all sides with recurrent vegetal patterns, including large, matching floral decorations. Inscriptions engraved on upper faces: the Hebrew letters "shin-yud" ("shel yad": "of the arm") and "shin-resh" ("shel rosh": "of the head").
Height: 5 cm. Length: 7.5 cm. Width: 5.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes and stains. Minor warping to base of the "shin-resh" case.
Exhibition: London, Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1906, item no. 1169. Documented in the following article in which the above exhibition is reviewed: "The Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Part 2: Ecclesiastical Art", "The Jewish Chronicle", November 16, 1906, p. 18.
Provenance:
1. Collection of Solomon David Schloss (1815-1911).
2. Lewis Raphael Castle (1858-1932), son of the above.
3. Peter Castle (1922-2011), grandson of the above.
4. Heirs of the above.
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Pair of Decorated Silver Cases for Tefillin – Eastern Europe (Probably Galicia), Ca. Mid-19th Century
Hallmarks: · Quality mark "12"; · Maker's mark "AJ".
Pair of decorated cases for housing phylacteries, with each case consisting of a cube-shaped box rising from a flat base. Adorned on all sides with recurrent vegetal patterns, including large, matching floral decorations. Inscriptions engraved on upper faces: the Hebrew letters "shin-yud" ("shel yad": "of the arm") and "shin-resh" ("shel rosh": "of the head").
Height: 5 cm. Length: 7.5 cm. Width: 5.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes and stains. Minor warping to base of the "shin-resh" case.
Exhibition: London, Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1906, item no. 1169. Documented in the following article in which the above exhibition is reviewed: "The Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Part 2: Ecclesiastical Art", "The Jewish Chronicle", November 16, 1906, p. 18.
Provenance:
1. Collection of Solomon David Schloss (1815-1911).
2. Lewis Raphael Castle (1858-1932), son of the above.
3. Peter Castle (1922-2011), grandson of the above.
4. Heirs of the above.
