Mezuzah cases

Catalog numbers 206, 207, and 208

Mezuzah cases, David's Tower, number 208 — David's Tower, number 208

Mezuzah cases, Numbers 206 and 207, in white and blue — Numbers 206 and 207, in white and blue

Mezuzah cases, Number 208, David's Tower — Number 208, David's Tower

Materials: High-fired porcelain, bisque finish, white or Wedgwood blue
Dimensions: About 5 in.

The two styles, 206 and 207, are reproductions of my earlier bronze designs, about five inches tall, in unglazed porcelain with a traditional bisque finish; the white comes with brass screws and the blue with chrome. Number 208, David's Tower, is a new case: the tower at the top is part of the City of David near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City, the unofficial symbol of Jerusalem. The mezuzah holds two passages from Deuteronomy, hand written by a scribe on parchment, and is placed on the right side of the door frame as one enters, with the top tilted inward.

From the studio catalog, 1995

The mezuzah cases and the yahrzeit candle holder were the only pieces in the line made in high-fired porcelain rather than the white clay of the rest of the line, and the cases were left unglazed.