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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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17th Century
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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18th Century
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Ornate silver amulet. The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center. Italy, ca. 1750.
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ca. 1750
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(State of Kerala, India)
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18th century
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1861–1862
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This bronze medal by Jacques Elion commemorates the opening of a Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam. The Hebrew inscription reads: “Orphanage.” It was customary for Jewish communities to issue medals to…
Contributor:
Jacques Elion
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1865
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Silver amulet typical of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian Jewish homes. This example is unusual in that it contains an unidentified family coat of arms whose main feature is a rampant lion…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1750