Sugar Tongs made by Bezalel.
Jerusalem, early 20th century.
Silver (not marked), filigree work.
Marked: "Bezalel" and "Jerusalem".
Length: 11.5 cm.
Sugar Tongs made by Bezalel
ADDITIONAL INFO
These beautifully handcrafted Sugar Tongs are among the artifacts created at Bezalel during the period of "Old Bezalel" in 1906-1929. Bezalel silver works were done by several groups; the Silver Department at Bezalel, which opened in 1908 and was headed by Shmuel Persov, in the Yemenite goldsmiths' colony in Ben Shemen, which operated from 1911 to 1914 and was run by Ben-Zion Ben Aharon, and in independent groups such as Keter and Sharar. Bezalel's silver objects were made in various techniques, including filigree.
The "Bezalel School of Art and Craft" is the first school of art in the land of Israel, founded in Jerusalem in 1906 by Boris Schatz - known as the "father of Israeli art". The works created in the school are considered the genesis of Israeli visual art.
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