Key for the opening of the Weizmann Institute of Science. 1949.
Category Archives: Objects
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LORE LILIEN
Book and box for Lore Lilien. Goldsmith Lore Lilien was the wife of printer and printing historian Otto Lilien. The pair were close friends of Ismar, who designed this book with a case with metal clasp for her. Unfortunately this a poor photocopy of a photograph.
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DANIEL BOWL
Decorative bowl with Daniel and the lion. Probably made in Jerusalem in the early 1950s or before. Copper.
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ELIJAH BOWL
Decorative bowl with the prophet Elijah. Probably made in Jerusalem in the early 1950s or before. Copper.
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CAN-AM CIVIL ENGINEERING AMITY AWARD
Can-Am Civil Engineering Amity Award, given to L. Austin Wright in 1973. One of many jobs that Ismar did for Geyer Studio.
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DAVID BEN GURION AWARD
UJA David Ben Gurion Award, given to Elie Wiesel in 1975. One of many jobs that Ismar did for Geyer Studio.
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UJA MEDAL: IF YOU WILL IT, IT IS NO DREAM
Medal for the United Jewish Appeal. 1973. If you will it, it is no dream.
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DECORATIVE MEDAL WITH SHADDAI
Enameled medal with curved surface. This has a pin on the back and could have been used as a broach, although the design may have been created for another application. Shaddai, one of the Hebrew names for God, is in the center.
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UJA MEDAL: ALL ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE ONE FOR THE OTHER
Medal for the United Jewish Appeal 40 year anniversary. All Israel is responsible one for the other.
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UJA MEDAL: THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM
Medal for the United Jewish Appeal. This year in Jerusalem-For Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest.
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FOLDABLE CRADLE FOR A FRIEND
Cradle designed for Andrea Pinner Moore on the occasion of her daughter Natalie Eleanor’s birth. Made of poplar with stenciled text, 1988.
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HAPPY PASSOVER 2
Model for a box for commercial matzahs, that could also serve as a Seder plate. Probably from the early ’90s.
