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These small Torah finials, decorated with silver repoussé and dark- and light-blue enamel, originated in Persia. They are further adorned with slender flowers and graceful geometric patterns.
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18th Century
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Israel David Luzzatto
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
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ca. 1775
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This ritual spice container is thought to have been made in Frankfurt am Main. It is decorated to represent a four-story tower with brick walls. At its top, two short spires flank a central, taller…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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ca. 1550
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1600
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Elkana Schatz Naumberg
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Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire
(Kriegshaber, Germany)
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1724
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These two Torah pointers (yadayim) are from Galicia, one made of ivory and brass and the other of wood. Yadayim (hands) are used during public reading of the Torah, so that the reader may avoid…
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Late 19th–Early 20th Century
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Ze’ev ben Abraham [?]
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Piotrków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland)
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1766
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1770
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Moses Michael Rosenboim
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Schönlanke, Kingdom of Prussia
(Trzcianka, Poland)
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1848
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Artist Unknown
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
(Baghdad, Iraq)
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ca. 1850