Auction 4 Eretz Israel, settlement, anti-Semitism, Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, postcards and photographs, letters by rabbis and rebbes, Chabad, Judaica, and more
Jan 22, 2020
Israel
 1 Abraham Ferera, Jerusalem.

The auction will take place on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 18:00 (Israel time).

The auction has ended

LOT 143:

Embroidered bookmark - 'Ask peace for Jerusalem'. England,19th century

catalog
  Previous item
Next item 

Start price:
$ 100
Auction house commission: 22%
VAT: 17% On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations

Embroidered bookmark - 'Ask peace for Jerusalem'. England,19th century


'Ask peace for Jerusalem ...' Bookmark embroidered with mechanical embroidery. England, 19th century .


Pharaoh's daughter stands on the Nile and Moses in the box. Below is a verse "Ask peace to Jerusalem..." in Hebrew and English. Weaving work by artist Thomas Stevens [1828-1888].
(It is known for a similar bookmark created in 1875 for Moses Montefiore with a dedication to his name at the top of the bookmark. The bookmark before us may have been a source of that bookmark).

6x22 cm. Few stains. Good condition.


catalog
  Previous item
Next item