Antiques & Decorative Arts · c. 1940s
Trench-art ashtray of rifle cartridge cases
Twenty spent rifle cartridges set around a cast bowl: a soldier's souvenir turned into something useful.
A private collection, on public view
The Mor Collection
Watches, ancient coins, first editions and a pair of sneakers: forty years of objects gathered by Daniel Mor in Tel Aviv, shown here in four small galleries.
- Galleries
- 5
- Objects on view
- 12
- Collecting since
- 1986
- Last updated
- Oct 2026
All galleries
- MC-010
- MC-011
Antiques & Decorative Arts · 1970sLamPetit desk lamp
Bent Gantzel-Boysen's telescopic LamPetit: a car bulb, a transformer in the base and nothing else.
- MC-012
Watches · c. 1965Citizen 17 Jewels Parashock
A slim, hand-wound Citizen from the mid-1960s with a silver sunburst dial.
- MC-013
Watches · c. 1982Citizen Quartz Alarm-Chronograph
An early-1980s ana-digi Citizen: hands for the time, a small screen for the alarm and stopwatch.
- MC-014
Watches · 1990sWestlibra Paris reversible-case watch
A Reverso-style quartz watch whose case flips over to protect the dial.
- MC-015
Watches · c. 1995Raketa perpetual calendar
A Raketa whose dial is a printed calendar for 1992 to 2012.
- MC-016
- MC-017
Coins · 1974Israel 10 lirot 1974, “Revival of the Hebrew Language”
Israel's 26th Independence Day coin, celebrating the revival of Hebrew.
- MC-018
Cameras · c. 1960sSchneider-Kreuznach Componon 75 mm f/4.5
A darkroom enlarging lens made by Schneider for Durst enlargers.
- MC-019
Lighters · c. 1950Ronson Standard lighter, monogrammed
A British-made Ronson Standard with an engine-turned case and an engraved monogram.
- MC-020
Lighters · c. 1955Ronson Triumph lighter in its box
A Ronson Triumph still in its velvet-lined box, with its instructions.
- MC-021
Lighters · c. 1950sNimrod Pipeliter
A pipe lighter that throws its flame sideways, wrapped in crocodile-grain leather.
About the collector
Daniel Mor bought his first coin at the Jaffa flea market in 1986. The collection grew slowly from there, one object at a time, each chosen for a story as much as for rarity.