Bidspirit auction | very interesting postcard, the German

very interesting postcard, the German post office in Jerusalem, the wood plow of Jerusalem, a craftsman in the olive tree, in German: ””DRECHSLER, Drexler - and that was his nickname, supposedly it was his last name - sent to Mr. Hugo Oppenheim in Kaminitz, Germany, the famous collector and artist! ! engaged in his craft in wood and exporting his creations to Germany!! A great item from the life of the Jews and the life of art in Jerusalem at that time!! extremely rare - Background Rabbi Pinchas Greyvski, in the book The Deaf and Carpenter tells about the woodwork of the Jews in Jerusalem: The plowing of olive trees in Jerusalem: The first in the olive tree industry about sixty-seven years ago was Rabbi Haim Yaakov and for his excellence in the craft he received a badge of honor from the exhibition in Paris in about 1867. After he left Jerusalem during his last illness, his son Mr. Yaakov Dov Yaakov took his place in this plowing... in 1888 they ordered At his place, including Austria and Hungary, here is a box inlaid with seashell and black wood cross-stitches. A tribute in honor of Emperor Franz Joseph, whose Austrian consul here marveled at its goodness and beauty, and said that this box was displayed in the king's private home in Vienna... Rabbi Yechiel Michal Pines always cared... for the benefit of the artists and craftsmen in Jerusalem, always demanded their praise, and always wrote for their benefit. And he didn't just talk about it, but he tried in action and deed to raise the art and craft in Jerusalem itself, and give it moves outside of it. He was wise enough to see that the owners of wooden plows, especially olive tree crafts, which they excelled in, would be able to earn a living if they sent their handiwork to Europe... and since then, Rabbi Pines approached this matter with action and in practice, the craft of wood and iron plowing in Jerusalem rose from its low state, developed Good and beautiful and you will be able to compete with the craft of the Ashkenazim from Württemberg [referring to the German Templars] who excelled and succeeded in it, and therefore he founded among the Jews in Jerusalem a society called ”The Deaf and the Carpenter” to expand the craft to wood and iron plowing, and he tried to invent in Europe and America buyers for the products of the country, wooden craft tools Olive to brag. A beautiful stamp of the German post office in Jerusalem ראה גם בפריט הבא See also in the next item