Sabbath Set: two candlesticks, Kiddush cup, salt dish, bread knife, Hallah tray

Artist Moshe Zabari Israeli, born 1935, active in the United States 1961–1988

Datedesigned 1963

MediumCandlesticks, cup, and dish: silver: fabricated and pierced Tray: walnut and silver Knife: steel, walnut, and silver

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth (Candlesticks [each]): 7 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (17.8 × 8.3 × 8.3cm)
height, width, and depth (Salt cellar): 1 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (3.5 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm)
height, width, and depth (Cup): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (8.3 × 7 × 7 cm)
height, width, and depth (Knife): 5/8 × 1 × 12 1/2 in. (1.6 × 2.5 × 31.8 cm)
height, width, and depth (Tray): 7/8 × 15 1/8 × 7 1/4 in. (2.2 × 38.4 × 18.4 cm)

ClassificationsMixed Media

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof

Object numberG.75.33.1/a-f

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ProvenanceDesigned 1963, New York; collection of the artist, Tobe Pascher Workshop, The Jewish Museum, New York; Drs. Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof, Raleigh, NC; given to NCMA, 1975.Published ReferencesAbram Kanof, Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1975), cat. no. 92, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition," April 27-June 15, 1975, cat. no. 92, illus. (b-w).

High Point, NC, Southern Theatre and Exposition Center, "Art in the Churches and Synagogues of North Carolina," January 30-31, 1976

Winston-Salem, NC, Temple Emmanuel, special exhibition, May 15, 1976.

Martinsville, VA, Lynwood Community Arts Center, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," August 26-September 26, 1977.

Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Gallery of Art, "Thirty-eight Judaic Art Items," October 20-November 6, 1977.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Thirty-eight Judaic Art Items," December 13, 1977-January 17, 1978.

Dallas, NC, Gaston Co. Art and History Museum, NCMA traveling exhibition, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," October 9-November 6, 1978.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of History, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," April 3-May 20, 1979.

Greenville, NC, Mendenhall Student Center, ECU, "Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition," February 1-28, 1980.

Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Museum of Arts and Sciences, "In Celebration: Jacksonville Jewry 1850 - 1982," February 7-March 7, 1982.

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