Auction 09 Online Auction - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jun 6, 2017 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 4:

Six Memorial Plaques and Decorative Items with Theodor Herzl's Image

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* Oval plaque with Herzl's profile portrait, with a rectangle plaque below it, inscribed "Dr. Binyamin Zeev Herzl 10 Iyar 5620, 20 Tamuz 5664 (1860) (1904)". Screwed into a flat, four-legged, decorated base. Brass. Height: Approx. 13 cm, base approx. 11.5X7.5 cm. Metal is dull and stained, damage to base. Three holes, two of them large, drilled in the base. * Bronze plaque, Star of David with an entwined wreath of leaves, with Herzl's profile portrait, inscribed on the side "Dr. T. Herzl". Nailed to a heraldic shield covered with black velvet, fixed to a wooden base. Length of shield approx. 18 cm. One nail out of two is lacking. Velvet is worn and unraveled. Reverse of shield is peeling. * Rectangular plaque, Herzl's profile portrait, inscribed "Herzl" on the side with a decorated frame. Repousée copper. 8.5X13.5 cm. Some scratches. Bent plaque. * Medal, Herzl's profile portrait. Repousée metal [bronze?]. Diameter approx. 5 cm. Good condition. Stained on the reverse. * Herzl's profile portrait, cast bust-like bronze relief. Inscribed on the stand "Dr. Theodor Herzl". Signed "By Sors" [ca. mid-20th century]. Approx. 15.5X20.5 cm. Good condition. * Memorial plaque with Herzl's profile portrait, designed by Boris Schatz. To the right of Herzl's portrait appears the image of Moses and to the left a quotation from Herzl's book, "The Jewish State": "a wondrous generation of Jews will spring into existence …" Created by Boris Schatz. Below an inscription: "If you will it, it is no dream". Signed in monogram. Cast bronze, silver plated. Approx. 5.5X7 cm. Good condition. Framed, unexamined out of frame.

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