2 silver goblets for kiddush, one based on the words “בורא פרי הגפן” and the second with the word “ירושלים.” Stamped silver. Height: 9.5 cm, weight 83 grams. .800 silver. Overall fine-very fine condition.
Stamped silver goblet with impressive decorations of flowers and plants standing on three ball pedestals. With remnants of gilding. Height 6.5 cm, diameter 4.5 cm. Very fine condition.
Huge silver goblet. The surface of the goblet is delicately etched with geometric shapes. Stamped.
Height: 12.5 cm, diameter 9 cm.
Very fine condition. stains.
4 Torah scroll pointers, decorative and impressive. Some are engraved with the donors’ names and/or the names of their memorialized relatives.
Average length: 24-30 cm.
Very fine condition.
6 stamped silver mezuzahs, 925 silver.
Average size: 7 cm.
Fine-very fine condition.
Bronze medal issued in honor of Dr. Gabriel Riesser on behalf of the Hamburg community.
German inscription impressed on one side of the medal: “dem streiter für recht und freiheit DR. gabriel riesser seine hamburgischen glaubensgenossen MDCCCXXXVI” and in Hebrew: For the justice and freedom fighter, Dr. Gabriel Riesser from his friends / his community in Hamburg.
Relief of 3 women on the reverse, the middle one nursing 2 children, the right one dressed in royal clothing and a crown, decorated with crosses, symbolizing Christianity, and the left one chained to the Decologue representing Judaism. Verse in German on top: “haben wir nicht alle einen vater – hat uns nicht ein gott erschaffen” (Malachi 2:10) “Have we not all one father, has not one G-d created us.”
Gabriel Riesser (1806-1863) was a Jewish lawyer and politician and was one of the leaders working for Jewish emancipation.
Diameter 6 cm. Approximately. 120 grams.
Moderate – fine condition, scratches and stains.
Miniature pointer for Torah scrolls, stamped 925 silver, with a chain. 9.5 cm. Very fine condition.
Challah knife – the handle is silver plated and stamped 925; decorated and engraved with the word “Shabbat.” The blade is made of steel.
32 cm; very fine condition.
Silver chanukiah with decorative back, stamped silver, with detachable upper vessel for the shammash.
470 grams, 8x25x20 cm.
Fine condition, one of the three screws which joins the back to the base is lacking.
Silver kiddush goblet with etching in English, gifted to a young lady from the congregation on the occasion of her marriage: Presented by Shaare Sedek Synagogue to Miss Joyce Shashoua on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. Jack Menaged, 2nd April 1958 – 12th Nissan 5718. Height 14.5 cm, diameter 7.5 cm, stamped silver. Very fine condition.
Impressive silver goblet with two handles stamped J.W. Mealy & Sons Co. Sterling, engraved “Pres by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Hebrew Inn and Aged Home -1922-”
Height: 15 cm, 155 grams.
Very fine condition.
Silver kiddush goblet. The cup itself stands on a base with the words “בורא פרי הגפן, ” stamped on silver .925.
Height: 11 cm, diameter 6 cm. 95 grams.
Very fine condition.
Austro-Hungarian tea set including tray, coffee pot, tea pot, cream/milk jug and sugar bowl.
Total weight: 3692 grams. Stamped silver .835.
Overall Very fine condition.
Silver mezuzah case, apparently not hallmarked. Poland, 19th century.
14×5 cm. Formed like a decorated silver plate, with a rectangular box topped by a removable cover for inserting the mezuzah parchment. The upper section of the case features a decorated opening through which the parchment can be seen.
“Rings” for attaching the mezuzah to the doorpost on top and bottom, (missing one ring). Fine condition.
Spice box, shaped like a citron, for hanging in the sukka. 2 sections. Hallmarked silver. Filigree work. Second half of the 19th century.
10 cm. high: 4 cm. diameter: 60 grams.
Shaped like an etrog (citron) with “pitim” , with filigree decorations and beads. The upper section is movable, and has a large ring at its head, with a chain for hanging it in the sukka (apparently not original).
Two tiny losses to the filigree. Light dents. Fine condition.
Chanuka Menorah. Hallmarked silver. Germany, Nurnberg, end of the 19th century.
19 cm. high; 19 cm. wide; diameter of base 9 cm.; 0.3 kg.
Rounded base with floral designs. Eight thin, rounded branches. With eight holders for wax candles and a shamash. Matching shamash, apparently not original.
Very fine condition.
Silver Etrog (citron) case. Two sections. Nurnberg, 1800-1820.
14 cm. high; 12.5 cm. wide; 170 grams.
Oval case made of nice, delicate hammer work. Decorative leaves and fruits on the base and under the rim. Removable cover, also decorated. Designed in the “Biedermeier style” popular in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century. Very fine – excellent condition.
Torah Scroll pointer. Silver, hallmarked. North Africa, beginning of the 20th century.
30 cm. long. Fist with one pointing finger and a wide, flat sleeve decorated and engraved למנוחנת משה מולחו נ”ע ת”‘. Designed rod with a decorative hanging ring at its top, attached with a hinge.
Small, solitary corrosion marks. Very fine condition.
Havdala spice tower. Hallmarked silver. Hungary, c. 1900.
17 cm. high; diameter of the base – 6 cm.; 68 grams.
Rounded tower, smooth base, the ‘walls’ of the spice holder made of impressive, delicate filigree. Rounded, movable ‘roof’ with a nice flag at its head.
Very fine condition.
