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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
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Artist Unknown
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Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire
(Bolzano, Italy)
Date:
1698/9
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Tobias Völsch
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
Late 17th Century
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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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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)
Date:
ca. 1550
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Contributor:
Elkana Schatz Naumberg
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Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire
(Kriegshaber, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Paper cuts were a distinctive Jewish folk art in Eastern Europe, where rural Poles and Ukrainians also practiced the craft. Jewish paper cuts had their own techniques and imagery and were used for…
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Late 19th Century