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Virtual Gallery: Household and Personal Objects

There are 31 records in the Household and Personal Objects:

Object/Title: Atara (ID: 107)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Eastern Europe, 19th century
Material: Silver wire and cotton
Dimensions: 94 x 12.7 cm
Donor: Pearl C. Franck
Notes: The atara decorates the neckband of the prayer shawl.
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 161)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: North Africa, possibly Morocco, 18th century
Material: Cast and pierced bronze
Dimensions: 27 x 22 x 9 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 110)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: North Africa (?), 19th century
Material: Cast brass
Dimensions: 27 x 26 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 147)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Holland [The Netherlands] or Northern Germany, 18th century
Material: Hammered, cut-out and repoussé brass
Dimensions: 24.5 x 22.5 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 151)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Germany, first half of 19th century
Material: Cast and engraved pewter
Dimensions: 14.3 x 18.5 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Marks: three unidentified hallmarks, two of which are identical
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 152)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Poland, ca. 1800
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 35 x 24 x 12.7 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 153)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Italy, 17th-18th century
Material: Cast brass
Dimensions: 27 x 22 x 9 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 155)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Poland, 19th century
Material: Cast Brass
Dimensions: 25.5 x 24.5 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz 
Inscriptions: In Hebrew, on central heart-shaped element "To Kindle the Hanukkah lights"
Object/Title: Chanukah Lamp (ID: 156)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Prague, Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic], 1927
Material: Cast and engraved brass
Dimensions: 16 x 13 x 4 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Marks: In arc above candles: Hebrew fragment of the Chanukah blessing
Object/Title: Dreidl (ID: 109)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: United States, 1960
Material: Silver
Dimensions: 10.2 x 3 cm
Maker: Peter Ehrenthal
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Esther Scroll (ID: 111)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Amsterdam, 17th - 18th Century
Material: Ink on parchment; carved wood
Dimensions: 17 x 200 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Ownership History: Purchased by Mr. Horwitz from Dr. Zalman Yovely, 1962
Inscriptions: On frontispiece: Purim blessings
Notes: The Purim scenes depicted on the frontispiece are engraved.
Object/Title: Kiddush Cups (ID: 112)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Possibly Persia, 20th century
Material: Enameled nickel
Donor: Morton R. Hirschberg, 1975
Ownership History: Purchased in Tehran, Iran
Inscriptions: In Hebrew, recto: Blessed is the fruit of the vine on one side of the cup; in Hebrew, verso: Zion
Object/Title: Miniature Mantle Clock (ID: 162)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Probably Vienna, Austria, late 19th century
Material: Partially silver-plated and cast and painted brass
Dimensions: 15 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm.
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Inscriptions: On base, in Hebrew: "Take us back, O Eternal, to Yourself, And we will come back; Renew our days as of old." [Lam.5:21]
Object/Title: Painting: "Sukkot" (ID: 163)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: New York, U.S.A., 1994
Material: Watercolor on burlap
Dimensions: 190.5 x 69.2 cm
Artist: German Ortiz Cadena
Donor: Orit Paz Mimon Cadena
Inscriptions: Signed "LR" on each of the panels: German Ortiz Cadena
Notes: The piece is comprised of 4 panels. From top to bottom: 1) Angel between heaven and earth 2) Lulav 3) Etrog 4) Feet of angel dancing. The four parts of this painting, symbolize the four directions addressed by the holiday ritual and corresponding in Jewish mystical terms to the four-lettered name of G-d.
Object/Title: Papercut for Eastern Wall (Mizrah) (ID: 146)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Russia, 1810
Material: Ink and gouache on cut paper
Dimensions: 30 x 40 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Inscriptions: This papercut was prepared as a gift to a friend by Ephraim Joseph Ginsburg.
Object/Title: Sabbath Candlesticks (ID: 113)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Danzig [Gdansk], Poland [formerly Prussia], ca. 1670-1700
Material: Cast, repoussé, engraved and parcel-gilt silver
Dimensions: 30 x 20.8 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Ownership History: Acquired by donors from James Robinson, Inc. in 1962; previously in the collection of the Marquess of Exeter, Burghly House by Stamford.
Marks: 5; indistinct maker's mark; R37989(restamping of Lemberg [Lvov] 1806-07 and 7884; restamping 1809-10)
Inscriptions: In Hebrew, at base of each candlestick: indication of ownership by Naftali and Ziporah Hertz
Object/Title: Sabbath Lamp (ID: 115)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Germany, c.1880s
Material: Brass
Dimensions: 72 x 21 cm
Donor: Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Notes: The drip pan for this artifact has been lost.
Object/Title: Sabbath Lamp (ID: 116)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Holland or Italy, 18th century
Material: Brass
Dimensions: 40 x 29 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Notes: The drip pan for this artifact has been lost.
Object/Title: Scroll of Esther, with Case (ID: 160)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Jerusalem, Palestine [Israel], 1927
Material: Scroll: watercolor and ink/parchment; Case: cast silver with applied balls and filigree
Dimensions: Scroll: 3 x 140 cm; Case: 10.5 x 2 cm
Maker: Zeev Raban (1890-1970), Bezalel School
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Inscriptions: On case,in Hebrew: dedication indicating that object was intended as a gfit for Bezalel members.
Object/Title: Scroll of Esther, with Ivory roller (ID: 157)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Venice, Italy, ca. 1700
Material: scroll: Ink and gouache/parchment; Roller: carved ivory
Dimensions: 5 x 206 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Object/Title: Spice Container (ID: 117)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Jerusalem, Palestine [Israel], c. 1920
Material: Silver and turquoise
Dimensions: 11.45 x 5.08 cm
Maker: Bezalel Arts Academy
Donor: Morton R. Hirschberg
Object/Title: Spice Container (ID: 82)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Persia [Iran], 19th century
Material: Silver?
Dimensions: 17.14 x 16.51 x 12.7 cm
Donor: Donor unknown
Marks: Label affixed to bottom of object: Turney [sic] or [Turkey] 1800 $1500
Object/Title: Wall Plaque (ID: 114)
Collection: Household and Personal Objects
Origin: Italy, 18th century
Material: Hand-colored woodcut on paper
Dimensions: 38 x 36.8 cm
Donor: Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz
Inscriptions: Left hand column: Blessings for Sabbath and Festival lights in Italian; Right hand column: same blessings in Hebrew
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