DREIDEL SEMISPHERE

THIS LOVELY DREIDEL WAS MADE WITH SOLID SILVER BOTH INLAID AND OUTLAID INTO AND ONTO EXOTIC WOODS.

  EBONY, COCOBOLO, INDIAN ROSEWOOD, BUBINGO, PAUDOOK, PURPLEHEART AND PAU AMARELLO WOODS IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS WERE USED.

IN THE CENTER, THE DREIDEL HAS A SPHERICAL SILVER PYRAMID WITH THE HENREW LETTERS - "NUN, GIMEL, HEY, PEY"  CUT THROUGH IT.
TWO INTERSECTING SPHERICAL ARCS FORM A DOME OVER THE SILVER PYRAMID.
 
WHEN SPUN, THE HOLLOW SPACE INSIDE THE DREIDEL GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF A HEMISPHERE, THE OUTLINE OF THE DREIDEL LOOKS HEMISPHERICAL TOO.
THE ITEM IS SIGNED WITH THE ARTIST GREGORY RUVINSKY'S RUSSIAN INITIALS GR.

 Measurement: 3 "H x 2 "W x 2 "T
Weight: 60gr (2 OZ)

CONDITION-NEW ,NEVER USED AND MINT CONDITION. HERE IS YOUR OPORTUNITY TO BUY A REAL PIECE OF JUDAICA ART  DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST.

A full catalogue of objects by Gregory Ruvinsky can be viewed online at artjudaicainwood.com/
*OR IN GOOGLE  “GREGORY RUVINSKY”


Recently, four of my wood carvings were featured
in a volume "500 Judaica" published by Lark Books,
Sterling Publishing Co. N.Y. 2010.

Shalom from Jerusalem,
GREGORY RUVINSKY