Details
- Dimensions
- 3.3ʺW × 0.39ʺD × 3.3ʺH
- Period
- 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Bronze
- Condition
- Original Condition Unaltered, Needs Restoration
- Color
- Verdigris
- Condition Notes
- Condition report. Offered in fine charming used patina worn condition having various scuffs, verdirgis stains in places commensurate with usage … moreCondition report. Offered in fine charming used patina worn condition having various scuffs, verdirgis stains in places commensurate with usage & old age. less
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1 Small Religious Antique 19th Century Bronze Plaque Biblical Moses Ten Commandments.
Subject religious icon Moses holding the tablet of … more 1 Small Religious Antique 19th Century Bronze Plaque Biblical Moses Ten Commandments.
Subject religious icon Moses holding the tablet of 10 commandments with 1 arm raised reaching pointing towards the heavens, he is surrounded by his followers who are in awe of him.
A feature that stands out is that natural aged patina which you will love.
Very decorative with a round hoop on the top ready to display on your home or office wall.
Handmade from cast bronze.
A charming small size being 8.4 cm wide and 8.4 cm high.
Circa 19th century.
Moses was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader according to Abrahamic tradition. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the prophetic authorship of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed.
According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in population and, as a result, the Egyptian Pharaoh worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites. Through Pharaoh's daughter, the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile and grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master who was beating a Hebrew, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered the Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb, which he regarded as the Mountain of God.
God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak eloquently, so God allowed Aaron, his elder brother, to become his spokesperson. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died on Mount Nebo at the age of 120, within sight of the Promised Land.The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, romanized: ʿĂsereṯ haDəḇārīm, lit. 'The Ten Words'), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, dekálogos, lit. 'ten words'), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, are given by Yahweh to Moses. The text of the Ten Commandments was dynamic in ancient Israel and appears in three markedly distinct versions in the Bible: at Exodus 20:2–17, Deuteronomy 5:6–21, and the "Ritual Decalogue" of Exodus 34:11–26.
According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, told by Moses to the Israelites in Exodus 19:25 and inscribed by the finger of God on two tablets of stone. Scholars disagree about when the Ten Commandments were written and by whom, with some modern scholars drawing comparisons between the Decalogue and Hittite and Mesopotamian laws and treaties.
Superb for the private collector, trade, gallery & interior design home decorater.
Condition report.
Offered in fine charming used patina worn condition having various scuffs, verdigris stains in places commensurate with usage & old age.
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Dimensions in & centimetres
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Width (8.4 cm)
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