A Glass Mizrah by Aaron, son of Shalom Dov, 1894 gold reverse painting with gold paint on glass

Signed and dated in Hebrew; extensively inscribed with Hebrew quotations

There are losses to the black paint and gilding in places all around the borders, most severely near the lower corners. There are minute gilding losses within the main area of the work, particularly in the heads of the birds at upper center.
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The artist has filled the work with images that correspond to the verses in Hebrew above them. These motifs include the Binding of Isaac and Jacob's Ladder, with the verse above it "Jacob laid down and dreamt and saw angels ascending and descending". The lower register also shows the two spies who brought the fruit of the Land of Israel back to the Jews in the Desert; above them is the text "and they bore it upon a pole between two of them". The upper and lower edges of the work are filled with the signs of the zodiac and their corresponding months inscribed above them. 

The work is dated (5) 694 in Hebrew and is signed by Aaron, son of Shalom Dov in the lower left corner.