Bidspirit auction | 4 Judaica Items - Brass


4 Judaica Items - Brass and Other Materials - 4 Judaica Items - Brass and Other Materials. Four pieces. Vintage brass Shabbat candleholder, 4.5” x 5.5”, depicting a woman in prayer before lit candles beneath a Star of David. Pair of vintage brass bookends made in Israel, with Lions of Judah flanking the Ten Commandments, 4” x 3” x 3.5”; the tablets are inscribed with the first ten letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Antique Jewish protective amulet necklace, or kame'a, late 19th to early 20th century, from the Middle East or a Mizrahi Jewish community, with leaf-shaped ornaments, inscribed with the phrase ”Know before whom you stand” and references to divine names and abbreviations. Relief plaque titled Midnight, depicting an older man reciting the Tikkun Chatzot prayer, by Boris Schatz, founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts (today the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design) and the father of Israeli art.”