Miriam
Flesch
Replicas of
antiquities
- exclusive
silver designs
on pottery vessels
These pottery vessels are
replicas of earthenware
found in archeological excavations in Israel and the surrounding area,
which are dated from different prehistorical and historical periods:
- the Neolithic (8,300 -
4,500 BC)
- the Chalcolithic (4,500 -
3,100 BC)
- the Canaanite - early,
middle &
late bronze
(3,100 - 1,200 BC)
- Biblical times, the 1st and
2nd Commonwealth
(1,200 BC - 70 AD)
- the Roman and Byzantine
period (70 -
640 AD),
and later eras.
The vessels were used for
all aspects of
daily life.
Some were used for
preparatingf food -
cooking , baking, drawing water. Others were used as eating utensils
and
wine pitchers. Very large "legless" vessels were buried in the ground
and
used for storage
of grains, olive oil, wine and
other daily
commodities. There were small vessels used for perfumes and spices, and
there were vessels that were used in religious ceremonies in the 1st
and
2nd Temples. Last but not least, were the oil lamps filled with olive
oil
for lighting.
The pottery is ornamented
with ancient
Hebrew and Aramaic script and with geometric designs and other motifs,
such as: the Menora, animals, birds, flowers, personal seas, and
others,
that were used in ancient
and Biblical times. The
designs are made
of sterling silver (925) that is used to give it an ancient look.
Each vessel is placed on a
stand to enhance
it, and to give it an authentic museumlike setting.
Miriam Flesch
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