Inscription

Hebrew translation: "Belongs to the women of the h[oly] c[ongregation of] Danzig". Hebrew translation: "Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make His footsteps a way"; Ps. 85:14= [5]577= 1817. [Source: V. Mann, Vivian. DANZIG 1939. 1980, p. 114, no. 118.]

Acquisition

Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community

Provenance

Jewish Community of Danzig; transferred to the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, 1939; accessioned by the Jewish Museum, 1954

Date Made

1764

Marks

Maker: Friedrich Wilhelm Sponholtz Marks: R 1500, Czihak 494, CT (control mark Christoph Turck) [Source: V. Mann. DANZIG 1939. 1980, p. 114, no. 118.]

Acquisition

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction

Provenance

?Emanuel Fürth Collection, Frankfurt; bequest to the Museum Jüdischer Altertümer, Frankfurt, after 1937; the museum was destroyed in November 1939 and a portion of the collection was moved to the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Frankfurt; identified as heirless object salvaged from post-Nazi Europe by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR), the cultural arm of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JSRO); transferred to the Jewish Museum, 1952

Date Made

c. 1769–79

Marks

Hallmark: Frankfurt eagle with "13" (Scheffler, Wolfgang. GOLDSCHMIEDE HESSENS: DATEN, WERKE, ZEICHEN. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1976, 147.) Maker's mark: "CH" over letter "M" in trefoil (Scheffler, Wolfgang. GOLDSCHMIEDE HESSENS: DATEN, WERKE, ZEICHEN. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1976, 286.)

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman

Provenance

?. Dr. Harry G. Friedman, until 1957; donated to TJM

Date Made

Book: 1729/30, Cover: early 20th century

Signed

Yes

Marks

[see images in Media tab]

Acquisition

Gift of the heirs of Lina Neuburger

Provenance

?.Lina Neuburger (b.1881- d.? Auschwitz-Birkenau); forcibly surrendered to the Municipal Pawn Office, Munich, 1939; purchased by the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; restituted to the relatives of Lina Neuburger; donated to the Jewish Museum, 2021

Date Made

1711–15

Marks

[pinecone] on base stamped/ illegible

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman

Provenance

?R. Stora & Co. NY (operated 1931-1963); purchased by Dr. Harry G. Friedman; donated to the Jewish Museum, 1948

Date Made

probably 18th century

Acquisition

Purchase: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klingenstein

Provenance

.?Brno, Moravia in 1806-07 based on restamp marks; probably collection of Privy Counselor Pinkus of Neustadt, Austria, c. 1906 (Hintze Breslau, p. 121 with identical dimensions and marks); Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Zagayski Collection, acquired between 1940-51; sale Parke-Bernet, New York March 18-19, 1964, cat. no. 307; purchased by the Jewish Museum

Date Made

1761–72

Marks

Hallmarks: Bearded face in circular frame field (Hintze, Erwin. DIE BRESLAUER GOLDSCHMIEDE: EINE ARCHIVALISCHE STUDIE. Breslau: Verein für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, 1906, 20.) Letter "G" in circular field (Hintze, Erwin. DIE BRESLAUER GOLDSCHMIEDE: EINE ARCHIVALISCHE STUDIE. Breslau: Verein für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, 1906, 36.) "12·F" in oval field with edges pinched in = Austro-Hungarian restamp mark (Rohrwasser, Alfred. ÖSTERREICHS PUNZEN: EDELMETALL-PUNZIERUNG IN ÖSTERREICH VON 1524 BIS 1987. 2nd ed. Perchtoldsdorf, Austria: Verlag Johann L. Bondi und Sohn, 1987, p. 11.) "N", large central joined "HR", "S", all in a rectangular field, with straight lines for the longer sides of the rectangle and with projecting semicircles for the shorter sides of the rectangle = Austro-Hungarian restamp mark (Rohrwasser, Alfred. ÖSTERREICHS PUNZEN: EDELMETALL-PUNZIERUNG IN ÖSTERREICH VON 1524 BIS 1987. 2nd ed. Perchtoldsdorf, Austria: Verlag Johann L. Bondi und Sohn, 1987, p. 12), (Tardy. LES POINÇONS DE GARANTIE INTERNATIONAUX POUR L'ARGENT. 13th ed. Paris: Tardy, 1980, p. 398, top row, 2nd and 3rd from right.) Crescent and fin in oval field with edges pinched in (Rohrwasser, Alfred. ÖSTERREICHS PUNZEN: EDELMETALL-PUNZIERUNG IN ÖSTERREICH VON 1524 BIS 1987. 2nd ed. Perchtoldsdorf, Austria: Verlag Johann L. Bondi und Sohn, 1987, p. 11.) Maker's mark: "C·GM" in trefoil (Hintze, Erwin. DIE BRESLAUER GOLDSCHMIEDE: EINE ARCHIVALISCHE STUDIE. Breslau: Verein für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, 1906, 158.) [See image in Media tab]

Inscription

Hebrew: "And they shall light the lamps thereof to give light over against it" [Exodus 25:37] "In memory of Yaakov Israel Bravo, who consecrated [this lamp] to the Holy Congregation in the year 'And this is the gate of Heaven'" [chronogram for (5)517 (=1756/57)]

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore

Provenance

Probably made in Netherlands. Imported to Jamaica (via London or Curaçao, first half of 18th century). Yaakov Israel Bravo donated it to the synagogue in Jamaica around 1750 (dedication plaque added 1756/57 after Bravo's death in his memory). ?Around 1850 ended up as scrap brass and shipped to Baltimore (NB: the Jamaica synagogue was destroyed by fire in 1882). ?In the posession of Mendes Cohen, Baltimore, d. 1914?; Passed onto his cousin Eleanor Cohen, Baltimore until 1918; Acquired by Dr. Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore until 1947; donated to the Jewish Museum, 1947

Date Made

1756/57 (date of inscription)

Inscription

Translation of Hebrew inscription on upper and medial knops: "Hayyim Benjamin of Uslar; Sarke [daughter of] Menahem of Uslar"

Acquisition

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction

Provenance

?Museum Jüdischer Altertümer, Frankfurt, until 1938, when it was looted; ?heirless object salvaged from post-Nazi Europe by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR); transferred to the Jewish Museum, 1953

Date Made

mid-18th century

Marks

Hallmarks: City: Rosenberg (3rd ed.) 3150 Maker: Rosenberg (3rd ed.) 3217 (var.?); cf. J. Warncke, "Dieì Edelschmiedekunst in Lubeck...," (Lubeck, 1927) p. 343.

Acquisition

Gift of Frieda Schiff Warburg

Provenance

?Jacob Schiff (around 1906); his daughter, Frieda Schiff Warburg; donated to the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1933

Date Made

1706–32

Marks

Maker's mark: "IAB" in oval field Hallmark: Frankfurt eagle in oval field [See image in Media tab]

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman

Provenance

?.Dr. Harry G. Friedman [purchased from Coleman Auction Galleries 1965]

Date Made

18th century

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman, by exchange

Provenance

?.Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem (No. 204/233-2-50), until 1952

Date Made

c. 1770

Marks

Maker's mark: Rosenberg (3rd ed.), 4324 Hallmarks: City- Rosenberg (3rd ed.), 4323

Acquisition

Purchase: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Herring in memory of their parents

Provenance

?.Collection of Mrs. Martin Flersheim, Frankfurt, c. 1930; [purchased at Parke-Bernet in 1968]

Date Made

1748-76

Marks

Maker's mark: "RH"

Inscription

Engraved LC: "Le Seder (Paque)"

Acquisition

Gift in memory of Mathilde and Samuel Arnstein by Dorothy Graef, daughter, and Margaret Beberman, granddaughter

Provenance

? Dorothy A. Graef (until 1986)

Date Made

1725

Signed

Yes

Marks

None

Inscription

German: "Den Kindern der Danziger Synagogen Gemeinde. Simon Anker Chanukkah 5696" (To the Children of the Danzig Synagogue Congregation. Simon Anker, Hanukkah 1935)

Acquisition

Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community

Provenance

?.Simon Anker donated to the Great Synagogue in Danzig, 1935; Jewish Community of Danzig transferred to the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, 1939; accessioned by the Jewish Museum, 1954

Date Made

18th–early 19th century

Inscription

Hebrew inscription: Yehuda Leib son of Rabbi...Elhanan... [z'tz'l']

Acquisition

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction

Provenance

?heirless objects salvaged from post-Nazi Europe by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR), the cultural arm of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO); transferred to the Jewish Museum, 1952

Date Made

18th century

Acquisition

Gift of Edmund de Waal

Provenance

?. family of Gustav von Klemperer; seized by the Gestapo, 1938; transferred to the German Reich; smashed, likely 1945; Dresden Porcelain Collection; restituted to the Von Klemperer family, 1991 or 2010; sale, Bonhams, London, lot 66; Edmund de Waal; donated to the Jewish Museum, 2024

Date Made

c.1760–65; kintsugi, 2019

Marks

Crossed swords with a dot between hilts [Meissen Porcelain Factory mark] under plate center painted in blue underglaze [See image in Media tab]

Acquisition

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction

Provenance

?Siegfried Nauheim Collection, Frankfurt, until his death in 1936; bequest to the Museum Jüdischer Altertümer, Frankfurt; the museum was destroyed in November 1939 and a portion of the collection was moved to the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Frankfurt; identified as heirless object salvaged from post-Nazi Europe by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR), the cultural arm of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JSRO); transferred to the Jewish Museum, 1952

Date Made

1735–36

Marks

Hallmark: cone or pomegranate over "A" in rounded rectangle, possibly Augsburg mark Maker's mark: "ICD" in rounded rectangle "C" ,"OJ", or "B" [illegible] in oval on lower edge of lamp reverse stamped [See image in Media tab]

Inscription

"Three blessings on kindling the lights / Ma'oz Tzur (O Fortress, Rock of My Salvation)" [in Hebrew missing the last verse] Variant on the medieval version of HA-NEROT HALLALU: "These lights we kindle, for the miracles, for the deliverances, and for the wonders, that You did for our fathers through Your holy priests. And all eight days of Hanukkah, these lights are holy, and we have no authority to make use of them, other than exclusively to see them, in order to give thanks and praise to Your name, for Your miracles, for Your deliverances, and for Your wonders."

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman

Provenance

?.Frau Jacob H. Weiller, Frankfurt (before 1930); sale, Hugo Helbing, Munich (1930). Dr. Harry G. Friedman (by 1939; until 1939-41)

Date Made

1716-35

Marks

Maker's mark: "MS" in oval Hallmark: "N" in circle

Acquisition

The Rose and Benjamin Mintz Collection

Provenance

? Rose and Benjamin Mintz Collection, Warsaw, Poland; sent to the United States for consideration to be exhibited in the 1939 New York World’s Fair, but instead was exhibited in part at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1939; sold by Rose Mintz to the Jewish Museum, 1947

Date Made

18th–mid-19th century

Acquisition

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction

Provenance

Schnaittach Synagogue; Schnaittach, Heimatmuseum; ?transferred to the Jewish Museum by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, 1953

Date Made

18th-19th century