Saturday, January 15, 2011
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
ANTIQUE Signed PORTRAIT MINIATURE RABBI MOSES MIELZINER-$441
The exquisite portrait miniature of Dr. Rabbi Moses Mielziner (1828-1903), noted Talmudic scholar and president of Hebrew Union College (1900-1903) in Cincinnati, Ohio was passed down through the Mielziner family until it came into my hands. It is painted on a thin sliver of ivory weighing less than ½ of 1% of the total, including the frames, and it remains in its gilt bronze or brass easel frame, most certainly of the French style.
