Auction 73
Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Aug 11, 2020
(your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 17:
"The Child's Box" – Miniature JNF Box – Palestine, Mid-1930s
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Sold for: $1,300
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"The Child's Box" – Miniature JNF Box – Palestine, Mid-1930s
"The Child's Box" – a miniature JNF charity "Blue Box". Jerusalem, [ca. mid-1930s].
A miniature charity box made for children, designed to impart Zionist values and the importance of the Jewish National Fund, instill love for the task of collecting donations for the JNF and encourage the custom of donating money to the JNF through the box.
A single box of this type is documented in the catalog "The Blue Box" (Hebrew), p. 175, which notes that the identity of the box's designer and manufacturer remains unknown. Embossed at bottom: "Made in Jerusalem, Palestine-Eretz Israel" (Hebrew).
6.5X4X3 cm. Good condition. Stains and rust. Suspension loop to back.
Literature: The Blue Box (Hebrew), by Shaul Ladany and Dotan Schulman. Jerusalem: JNF, 2014. p 175.
