The Gate

Catalog number 54, limited edition

The Gate, From the 1995 catalog — From the 1995 catalog

Materials: Stoneware, deep blue glaze, gold
Dimensions: 11.5 in. wide, 6.5 in. high

Limited edition of 118 pieces, the first limited edition menorah from the studio; each is numbered. A pierced archway flanked by a pair of seven-branch menorahs in gold and sculpted twin columns. The design is evocative of an early synagogue facade.

From the studio catalog, 1995

The Hanukkah menorahs of the studio line were made from 1981 to about 1996 and sold through Judaica shops across the country. Bernard Bernstein, the New York silversmith, once telephoned to ask whether he could use Arnold's large white menorah as an example in one of his classes. Arnold asked, as a good example or a bad one? A good one, he said.

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Arnold Schwarzbart, z"l. March 10, 1942 to March 16, 2015.

His papers are held as the Arnold Schwarzbart Collection, MSC 0576, in the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at the Knox County Public Library. See also The Legacy Project.