HEBREW MANUSCRIPT. Marriage Contract. Engraved ketubbah from London, 18 Iyar 5609 (10 May 1849). Engraved on vellum, with later hand-color additions, 310 x 225 mm. Groom: Meir, son of Samuel; Bride: Yenta, daughter of Abraham. Originally designed for Amsterdam's Ashkenazic community, this ketubbah's engraved decorative program enjoyed great popularity among the Ashkenazim of London. The contract's printed text is framed by two colossal fluted pillars, topped by vases. A narrow architrave above supports a crowned cartouche displaying a Magen David and the Hebrew abbreviation "[The] A[shkenazic] C[ommunity]." Two nude putti holding inscribed shields flank the cartouche and blast a traditional wedding verse from their trumpets. The engraver's name, H.(?) Numan, is inscribed in minuscule letters on the architrave. It is quite likely that the border was produced in Amsterdam for export. Enclosed in a modern glazed frame; not examined outside of the frame. Sabar, Ketubbah, pp. 243 and 271 -- Three other examples of this border: the first from London, Tuesday, 12 Tammuz 5616 (15 July 1856); 445 x 356 mm. Printed on paper, with later hand-colored additions. Groom: Solomon, son of Levi ha-Cohen; Bride: Caroline, daughter of Asher, son of Mordecai. Another from London, Thursday, 18 Iyar 5623 (7 May 1863); 353 x 235 mm. Printed on vellum, with later hand-colored additions. Groom: Samson, son of Moses; Bride: Alla, daughter of Eliezer. [Sotheby's, New York, Sale 4857, lot 41]. A third from Portsmouth, England, Wednesday, 30 Nisan 5584 (28 April 1824); 330 x 194 mm. Printed on vellum. Groom: Eliezer, son of Benjamin ha-Levi; Bride: Hannah, daughter of Barukh ha-Levi -- Ketubbah from London, Sunday, 4 Adar 5670 (13 February 1910); 353 x 238 mm. Printed on vellum. Groom: Yishaya, son of Nachman [Sam Golchinsky]; Bride: Malkah, daughter of Leib ha-Levi [Millie Pess]. The ketubbah records a marriage that took place in the East London Synagogue. Printed in black, the text is set between two monumental columns that support an architrave with foliate scrolls, floral swags, an inscribed banner, and a large central wreath encircling the words "United Synagogue. London." An abstract of the ketubbah is printed in English on the reverse -- London ketubbah, recording a wedding on Tuesday, 29 Tishrei 5657 (6 October 1896) between Zevil(?), son of Isaac and Rebekah Leah, daughter of Jacob Solomon. Ink on vellum, 295 x 250 mm. -- London ketubbah, Sunday 26 Tevet 5679 (29 December 1918). Recording a marriage that took place in the Philpot Street Synagogue. The synagogue's own decorated formulary was used for the ketubbah. Printed on vellum, 346 x 239 mm. -- Ketubbah from Bombay, Tuesday, 6 Tishrei 5676 (14 September 1915); 330 x 226 mm. Groom: Reuben, son of Israel Reuben; Bride: Mozelle Havva, daughter of Elijah Barukh Elias. Printed in green and black, the ketubbah employs a well-known decorative program first created for Amsterdam's Ashkenazic community. This border type, which frames its text beneath an architrave, supported by two fluted pillars and topped by two trumpeting putti and a crowned central cartouche enclosing a Star of David, a harp, and a Hebrew anagram, likely reached Bombay via England. A large red seal of the Magen David Synagogue Byculla, Bombay, is stamped above the text. An English version of the ketubbah is printed, filled in, and signed on the reverse -- Chatan Bereshit Document, presented by the Croydon Hebrew Congregation to I. Lubin, Esq. London, 1926. Printed on paper, 580 x 455 mm. This highly ornamented page, which honors the individual who begins the annual Torah reading cycle, was designed by Reuven ha-Cohen in 1923. The name of the honoree and four synagogue officials appears in the center, topped by the symbols of the twelve tribes and flanked by illustrations alluding to various holidays throughout the year. Lions, birds, and Hebrew inscriptions further adorn the page -- Bar Mitzvah Document, produced by J.A. Simmons, in honor of Samuel Schwartz, who became a bar mitzvah on 11 December 1909. Paint and ink on paper, 415 x 310 mm. The decoration centers around an open Torah scroll which displays the biblical portion recited on the Sabbath of Samuel's Bar Mitzvah. Two monumental columns, entwined with banners displaying the Ten Commandments, frame the page and support a decorative architrave above. (9)

HEBREW MANUSCRIPT. Marriage Contract. Engraved ketubbah from London, 18 Iyar 5609 (10 May 1849). Engraved on vellum, with later hand-color additions, 310 x 225 mm. Groom: Meir, son of Samuel; Bride: Yenta, daughter of Abraham. Originally designed for Amsterdam's Ashkenazic community, this ketubbah's engraved decorative program enjoyed great popularity among the Ashkenazim of London. The contract's printed text is framed by two colossal fluted pillars, topped by vases. A narrow architrave above supports a crowned cartouche displaying a Magen David and the Hebrew abbreviation "[The] A[shkenazic] C[ommunity]." Two nude putti holding inscribed shields flank the cartouche and blast a traditional wedding verse from their trumpets. The engraver's name, H.(?) Numan, is inscribed in minuscule letters on the architrave. It is quite likely that the border was produced in Amsterdam for export. Enclosed in a modern glazed frame; not examined outside of the frame. Sabar, Ketubbah, pp. 243 and 271 -- Three other examples of this border: the first from London, Tuesday, 12 Tammuz 5616 (15 July 1856); 445 x 356 mm. Printed on paper, with later hand-colored additions. Groom: Solomon, son of Levi ha-Cohen; Bride: Caroline, daughter of Asher, son of Mordecai. Another from London, Thursday, 18 Iyar 5623 (7 May 1863); 353 x 235 mm. Printed on vellum, with later hand-colored additions. Groom: Samson, son of Moses; Bride: Alla, daughter of Eliezer. [Sotheby's, New York, Sale 4857, lot 41]. A third from Portsmouth, England, Wednesday, 30 Nisan 5584 (28 April 1824); 330 x 194 mm. Printed on vellum. Groom: Eliezer, son of Benjamin ha-Levi; Bride: Hannah, daughter of Barukh ha-Levi -- Ketubbah from London, Sunday, 4 Adar 5670 (13 February 1910); 353 x 238 mm. Printed on vellum. Groom: Yishaya, son of Nachman [Sam Golchinsky]; Bride: Malkah, daughter of Leib ha-Levi [Millie Pess]. The ketubbah records a marriage that took place in the East London Synagogue. Printed in black, the text is set between two monumental columns that support an architrave with foliate scrolls, floral swags, an inscribed banner, and a large central wreath encircling the words "United Synagogue. London." An abstract of the ketubbah is printed in English on the reverse -- London ketubbah, recording a wedding on Tuesday, 29 Tishrei 5657 (6 October 1896) between Zevil(?), son of Isaac and Rebekah Leah, daughter of Jacob Solomon. Ink on vellum, 295 x 250 mm. -- London ketubbah, Sunday 26 Tevet 5679 (29 December 1918). Recording a marriage that took place in the Philpot Street Synagogue. The synagogue's own decorated formulary was used for the ketubbah. Printed on vellum, 346 x 239 mm. -- Ketubbah from Bombay, Tuesday, 6 Tishrei 5676 (14 September 1915); 330 x 226 mm. Groom: Reuben, son of Israel Reuben; Bride: Mozelle Havva, daughter of Elijah Barukh Elias. Printed in green and black, the ketubbah employs a well-known decorative program first created for Amsterdam's Ashkenazic community. This border type, which frames its text beneath an architrave, supported by two fluted pillars and topped by two trumpeting putti and a crowned central cartouche enclosing a Star of David, a harp, and a Hebrew anagram, likely reached Bombay via England. A large red seal of the Magen David Synagogue Byculla, Bombay, is stamped above the text. An English version of the ketubbah is printed, filled in, and signed on the reverse -- Chatan Bereshit Document, presented by the Croydon Hebrew Congregation to I. Lubin, Esq. London, 1926. Printed on paper, 580 x 455 mm. This highly ornamented page, which honors the individual who begins the annual Torah reading cycle, was designed by Reuven ha-Cohen in 1923. The name of the honoree and four synagogue officials appears in the center, topped by the symbols of the twelve tribes and flanked by illustrations alluding to various holidays throughout the year. Lions, birds, and Hebrew inscriptions further adorn the page -- Bar Mitzvah Document, produced by J.A. Simmons, in honor of Samuel Schwartz, who became a bar mitzvah on 11 December 1909. Paint and ink on paper, 415 x 310 mm. The decoration centers around an open Torah scroll which displays the biblical portion recited on the Sabbath of Samuel's Bar Mitzvah. Two monumental columns, entwined with banners displaying the Ten Commandments, frame the page and support a decorative architrave above. (9)

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HEBREW MANUSCRIPT. Marriage Contract. Engraved ketubbah from London, 18 Iyar 5609 (10 May 1849). Engraved on vellum, with later hand-color additions, 310 x 225 mm. Groom: Meir, son of Samuel; Bride: Yenta, daughter of Abraham. Originally designed for Amsterdam's Ashkenazic community, this ketubbah's engraved decorative program enjoyed great popularity among the Ashkenazim of London. The contract's printed text is framed by two colossal fluted pillars, topped by vases. A narrow architrave above supports a crowned cartouche displaying a Magen David and the Hebrew abbreviation "[The] A[shkenazic] C[ommunity]." Two nude putti holding inscribed shields flank the cartouche and blast a traditional wedding verse from their trumpets. The engraver's name, H.(?) Numan, is inscribed in minuscule letters on the architrave. It is quite likely that the border was produced in Amsterdam for export. Enclosed in a modern glazed frame; not examined outside of the frame. Sabar, Ketubbah, pp. 243 and 271 -- Three other examples of this border: the first from London, Tuesday, 12 Tammuz 5616 (15 July 1856); 445 x 356 mm. Printed on paper, with later hand-colored additions. Groom: Solomon, son of Levi ha-Cohen; Bride: Caroline, daughter of Asher, son of Mordecai. Another from London, Thursday, 18 Iyar 5623 (7 May 1863); 353 x 235 mm. Printed on vellum, with later hand-colored additions. Groom: Samson, son of Moses; Bride: Alla, daughter of Eliezer. [Sotheby's, New York, Sale 4857, lot 41]. A third from Portsmouth, England, Wednesday, 30 Nisan 5584 (28 April 1824); 330 x 194 mm. Printed on vellum. Groom: Eliezer, son of Benjamin ha-Levi; Bride: Hannah, daughter of Barukh ha-Levi -- Ketubbah from London, Sunday, 4 Adar 5670 (13 February 1910); 353 x 238 mm. Printed on vellum. Groom: Yishaya, son of Nachman [Sam Golchinsky]; Bride: Malkah, daughter of Leib ha-Levi [Millie Pess]. The ketubbah records a marriage that took place in the East London Synagogue. Printed in black, the text is set between two monumental columns that support an architrave with foliate scrolls, floral swags, an inscribed banner, and a large central wreath encircling the words "United Synagogue. London." An abstract of the ketubbah is printed in English on the reverse -- London ketubbah, recording a wedding on Tuesday, 29 Tishrei 5657 (6 October 1896) between Zevil(?), son of Isaac and Rebekah Leah, daughter of Jacob Solomon. Ink on vellum, 295 x 250 mm. -- London ketubbah, Sunday 26 Tevet 5679 (29 December 1918). Recording a marriage that took place in the Philpot Street Synagogue. The synagogue's own decorated formulary was used for the ketubbah. Printed on vellum, 346 x 239 mm. -- Ketubbah from Bombay, Tuesday, 6 Tishrei 5676 (14 September 1915); 330 x 226 mm. Groom: Reuben, son of Israel Reuben; Bride: Mozelle Havva, daughter of Elijah Barukh Elias. Printed in green and black, the ketubbah employs a well-known decorative program first created for Amsterdam's Ashkenazic community. This border type, which frames its text beneath an architrave, supported by two fluted pillars and topped by two trumpeting putti and a crowned central cartouche enclosing a Star of David, a harp, and a Hebrew anagram, likely reached Bombay via England. A large red seal of the Magen David Synagogue Byculla, Bombay, is stamped above the text. An English version of the ketubbah is printed, filled in, and signed on the reverse -- Chatan Bereshit Document, presented by the Croydon Hebrew Congregation to I. Lubin, Esq. London, 1926. Printed on paper, 580 x 455 mm. This highly ornamented page, which honors the individual who begins the annual Torah reading cycle, was designed by Reuven ha-Cohen in 1923. The name of the honoree and four synagogue officials appears in the center, topped by the symbols of the twelve tribes and flanked by illustrations alluding to various holidays throughout the year. Lions, birds, and Hebrew inscriptions further adorn the page -- Bar Mitzvah Document, produced by J.A. Simmons, in honor of Samuel Schwartz, who became a bar mitzvah on 11 December 1909. Paint and ink on paper, 415 x 310 mm. The decoration centers around an open Torah scroll which displays the biblical portion recited on the Sabbath of Samuel's Bar Mitzvah. Two monumental columns, entwined with banners displaying the Ten Commandments, frame the page and support a decorative architrave above. (9)

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