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Banner of the London Bakers’ Union
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This banner of the London Jewish Bakers’ Union calls for (in both English and Yiddish) an eight-hour workday and an end to night work, for people to buy only bread “with the union label,” and for…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

London, United Kingdom

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Art, Class, Profession, Activism, Cities

Categories:

Decorative arts
Banner with four arms pointed toward a crest in the center featuring a loaf of bread and English text, framed by Yiddish text and sheaves of wheat.
Table Lamp with Elaborate Silver Lampshade
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During the time that Erich Goldberg served on the faculty of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, he produced several silver objects, inspired by Yemenite silver craft. Green stones of…

Contributor:

Erich Goldberg

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1911–1914

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Art, Crafts, Class

Categories:

Decorative arts
Table lamp with domed silver lampshade with geometric designs.
Amulet to Be Hung over the Crib of a Newborn
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The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center of this ornate silver amulet from Italy.

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

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Date:

ca. 1750

Subjects:

Amulets, Birth, Children, Class, Art

Categories:

Magic, Decorative arts
Silver amulet with decorative edges and Hebrew word etched in center.