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Hans Teppich
was born in Germany in 1904. After finishing High-School in Berlin he
learned woodcarving and worked in a furniture factory for three years.
During this period he studied art in evening classes, and then
continued studying for ten more years in morning classes in the
“Kunstgewerbe und Handwerkerschule” in Berlin. He acquired
a broad range of art education, including: drawing, sculpture,
metalwork, bronze casting, metal turning, and interior design.
Hans Teppich won many prizes during his studies for different projects
in which he participated. His bronze and stone sculptures of animals
were presented in an exhibition at the Berlin Zoo.
In 1933 he immigrated to Israel and established a workshop in
Jerusalem.
In his workshop he created different practical art objects including
Hanukkah lamps, Candlesticks, Mezuzot, Israeli flower shaped Spice
boxes, many beautiful pieces of jewelry and unique chess sets.
Teppich was a genius artist. He became famous for his Biblical figures
and Judaic items.
Hans Teppich passed away in 1983 at the age of 79 in Israel.
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Brass Figures from the Bible
Here we have a collection of real
original Teppich figures, we have assembled them from various sources
mainly for reference purposes.
These figures were made since early
Palestine days up to 1970s
Height range from 3.5 cm (1.4") - Palestine era, up to 6 cm (2.4")
Typical bottoms arranged
chronologically
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Israel-1-50s |
Israel-2-60s |
Israel-3-60s |
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The rarest are those marked
"Palestine", later came those marked Made in Israel, then came those
with paper labels with the figure names.
Some have an "Original Teppich"
label on a lead tag (2186 "Mas-Kniya"=Purchase-Tax number)
and the symbol of the State of Israel on the other side.
The myth about bullets used as material is definitely not true and was
initiated by one of the American dealers...
The page below appeared in a
catalogue by I. Wolsky 1955 containing Israeli Arts and Crafts.
(press to enlarge)
Initially he made the 13 figures as
shown above and later when he realized that he is being copied by one
of his past employee he added more figures.
Other works by Teppich
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The following items were
associated with Teppich, but they are definitely not by him and they
are not signed.
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The first 2 Hanukkah lamps
shown below were made by the 'Ort' school in Israel about 1960-70s
The third one (right) was
made by one of his past employee who opened his own shop.
In addition, any figure that
is hand etched with 'name' and 'Israel', were made by one of his past
employee who copied his famous Bible figures and those were made until
recently.
The figures below are in that category
and they are also collected.
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