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Sabbath and festival kiddush cup
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Before 1764

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Spicebox
Germany
Early 16th century

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Bridal casket (cofanetto)
Northern Italy
Second half of the 15th century

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The Prague Haggadah
Prague, Bohemia

Printers: Gershom Solomon Kohen Katz and his brother Gronem Katz
Artist: Hayyim Shahor Schwartz (?)
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The Mantua Haggadah
Mantua, Italy

Printers: The Filipponi brothers, together with the Jewish printer Yosseph ben Yaakov
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The Venice Haggadah
Venice, Italy

Printers: Giovanni di Gara, together with the publisher and proofreader Israel ben Daniel ha-Zifroni
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The Amsterdam Haggadah
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Printers: Asher Anschel ben Eliezer Hazan and Issachar Baer ben Avraham Eliezer
Financed by Moshe ben Yoseph Wiesel
Illustrator: Avram bar Ya’aqov
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Elijah’s Cup
Turin, Northern Italy
Mid-19th century
Silversmith: Pacifico Levi
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Seder Plate from Pre-Expulsion Spain
Spain
Ca. 1480

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Omer calendar from the Portuguese Synagogue Tzedek ve-Shalom
Paramaribo, Suriname
Made in the Netherlands
19th century

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Omer calendar from the Portuguese Synagogue Tzedek ve-Shalom
Paramaribo, Suriname
Made in the Netherlands
20th century

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Sukkah
Fishach, Southern Germany
Second half of the 19th century

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Painted Sukkah Boards
Szeged, Hungary
Late 19th or early 20th century

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Painted Textiles for the Sukkah
Copenhagen, Denmark
Late 18th or early 19th century

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Chairs for the Hatan Torah and Hatan Bereshit
The Cases Family Synagogue

Mantua, Italy


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Bag for eiruv bread
Central Europe
18th century

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Cooking pot
Frankfurt (?), Germany


Jewish Ethnography
Sabbath stone pot (madhaleh)
Sa'dah, Yemen
19th-20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Sabbath stone pot (madhaleh)
Sa'dah, Yemen
19th-20th century

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Hanging Sabbath lamp
Netherlands
18th century

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Kiddush cup
Hanover, Germany

Silversmith: Matthias
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Hanging Sabbath lamp (Judenstern)
Germany
18th century

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Hanging Sabbath lamp
Italy
18th century

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Hanging Sabbath lamp
London, England

Silversmith: Samuel Hennell
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Hanging Sabbath lamp (Judenstern)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Silversmiths: Georg Wilhelm Schedel, 1698–1762 (lamp)
and Johann Valentin Schüler, 1650–1720 (drip pan)
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Hanging Sabbath lamp
Netherlands
18th century

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Pair of candlesticks
Poland
20th century

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Pair of candlesticks
Poland
18th century

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Pair of candlesticks
Augsburg, Germany


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Sabbath lamp
Germany
Late 19th century
Silversmith: S. Y. Wagner
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Sabbath lamp
Poland
18th century

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Sabbath lamp
Persia
19th century

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Sabbath lamp
Turin, Italy
18th century

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Sabbath lamp
Persia
19th century

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Kiddush cup
Moscow, Russia

Silversmith: Gavrila Ustinov (active 1806–52)
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Kiddush cup
Augsburg, Germany
1797-99
Silversmith: Jacob Friedrich Biller (master 1782-1810)
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Sabbath and festival cup
Augsburg, Germany
Late 17th - early 18th century
Silversmith: Johann Fassnacht (active 1686–1726)
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Kiddush cup and saucer
Baghdad, Iraq
20th century

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Kiddush cup
Persia


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Kiddush cup
Bohemia
19th century

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Sabbath wine flask
Syria (?)
19th century

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Tankard for wine
Preshov, Slovakia


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Sabbath wine bottle
Bohemia
19th century (?)

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Sabbath tablecloth
Iraq
Late 19th century

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Spicebox
Vienna, Austria
1810-24

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Spicebox
Munkatch, Hungary
1820-50

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Spicebox
Austria
Early 19th century

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Spicebox
Kashau, Austria-Hungary


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Spicebox
Poland
18th century

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Spicebox
Brno, Moravia
1867-72

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Spicebox
Munkatch, Hungary


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Spicebox
Austria-Hungary


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Spicebox
Central Europe
19th century

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Spicebox
Eastern Europe
1810(?)

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Spicebox
Russia (?)
ca. 1860

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Spicebox shaped as a fish
Poland
19th century

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Spicebox
Vienna, Austria
1810-24

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Flask for rose water
Ottoman Empire
19th-20th century

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Spicebox
Austria


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Spicebox
Germany
17th century

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Spicebox
Augsburg, Germany
Late 17th century
Silversmith: Mattheus (Markus?) Wolff
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Spicebox
Central Europe
18th century

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Spicebox shaped as a windmill
Netherlands
Early 19th century

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Spicebox
Brno, Moravia
1872-1922

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Spicebox
Brno, Moravia
Early 19th century

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Spicebox
Nuremberg, Germany
19th century (?)

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Spicebox
St. Petersburg, Russia


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Spicebox
Poland
19th century

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Spicebox
Frankfurt, Germany
19th-20th century

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Spicebox
Istanbul, Turkey
20th century

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Flask for rose water with a depiction of the Binding of Isaac
Persia (?)
20th century (?)

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Spicebox
Germany
Late 18th century (?)

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Spicebox
Nuremberg, Germany
18th century

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Spicebox
Austria


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Spicebox
Brno, Moravia
19th century

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Spicebox
Hamburg, Germany
Mid-18th century
Silversmith: Johann Friedrich Wiese
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Cup and spicebox for the Havdalah ceremony
Nitra, Slovakia
Second half of the 18th century

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Spicebox
Fürth, Germany
First half of the 18th century
Silversmith: J. Rimonim
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Spicebox
Danzig, Poland


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Candlestick and spicebox for the Havdalah ceremony
Plön (?), Germany


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Spicebox
Eastern Europe
18th century

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Spicebox in tiny barrel-shape
Germany
19th century

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Spicebox
Russia or Poland
19th century

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Spicebox and cup for the Havdalah ceremony
Poland
Early 19th century

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Spicebox with onion-shaped roof
Cracow, Galicia
1818-1843
Artist: Stanislaw Westafalewicz
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Book of songs (Diwan) for the Sabbath, compiled by Pinhas Cohen al-Iraqi
Yemen
Early 20th century

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Prayers of sages, liturgical poems, and Sabbath minhah (afternoon service)
Italy
18th century

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“Book of the Sabbaths of the Lord”
Turkey

Scribe: Nissim Ya’akov Ozalbo
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Tikkunei Shabbat (prayer book for the Sabbath)
Germany


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Seder Tikkunei Shabbat (prayer book for the Sabbath)
Hamburg, Germany

Scribe: Ya’akov ben Yehudah Leib of Berlin
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Book of Sabbath Readings (Seder Tikkunei Shabbat)
Vienna

Scribe and illustrator: Aaron Wolf Herlingen (ca. 1700 – ca. 1760)
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The three commandments of Jewish women, included in the Grace after Meals and the Shema Israel prayer
Vienna, Austria

Scribe and illustrator: Aaron Wolf Herlingen (ca. 1700 – ca. 1760)
Jewish Ethnography
Bucket for the bathhouse
Morocco
20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Clogs from a bridal set of bathhouse accessories
Land of Israel
Late 19th - early 20th century

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Hallah cover
Central Europe
19th century

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Hallah cover
Netherlands
19th-20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Embroidered towel for the mikveh (ritual bath)
Turkey
Late 19th - early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Table for kneading matzah dough
Göteborg, Sweden
Late 19th century

Jewish Ethnography
Baking spade
Göteborg, Sweden
Late 19th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah rolling pin
The Bene Israel Community, Pune, India
Second half of the 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah rolling pin
The Bene Israel Community, Pune, India
Second half of the 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Cuttertin for matzot
Morocco
Early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah cutter
Göteborg, Sweden
Late 19th century

Jewish Ethnography
Press for decorating matzot
Morocco
Early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Roller for perforating matzot
Morocco
Early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Roller for perforating matzot
Morocco
Early 20th century

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Roller for perforating matzot
Heidingsfeld, Southern Germany
18th-19th century

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Comb for perforating matzot
Heidingsfeld, Southern Germany
18th-19th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah comb
Göteborg, Sweden
Late 19th century

Jewish Ethnography
Comb for perforating matzot
Göteborg, Sweden
Late 19th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah perforator
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Ridged rolling pin for matzah
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah perforator
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Early 20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Matzah roller
Göteborg, Sweden
Late 19th century

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Matzah basket
Poland
Late 19th century

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Elijah cup with a depiction of the four sons of the Haggadah
Germany
19th century

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Passover Seder goblet
Augsburg, Germany
1761-63
Silversmith: Hieronymos Mittnacht (1708–1769) (?)
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Pair of Passover glasses with a depiction of the Exodus and the splitting of the Red Sea
Bohemia
19th century

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Elijah goblet
Bohemia
Mid-19th century

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Goblet with a depiction of the prophet Elijah appearing at the Seder meal
Vienna, Austria


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Elijah goblet inscribed with citations from the Haggadah
Germany (?)
Mid-19th century

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Seder plate with a depiction of the Passover meal
Bamberg, Germany


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Seder plate with the names of the owners' family
Copenhagen, Denmark
19th century (?)

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Seder plate decorated with eagle figurines
Vienna, Austria
ca. 1925
Artist: Carl Warmuth Junior (?)
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Seder plate
Munich, Germany

Silversmith: Alois Wörle
Jewish Ethnography
Passover silver table set:
Libya
Late 19th - early 20th century

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Jug for ritual hand-washing during the Passover Seder
Central Europe
18th-19th century

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Pillowcase used during the Seder meal
Germany
19th century

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Matzah bag with three pockets for Cohen, Levi, and Israel
Western Europe (?)


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Passover Haggadah
Cairo, Egypt

Scribe and illustrator: Hamy Bekhor
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Depiction of the baking of matzot in Hebrew-Marathi Haggadah
The Bene Israel Community, Pune, India


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Afikoman bag
Land of Israel (?)


Jewish Ethnography
Toy kitchen utensils for Passover: plates, bowls and charcoal container
Morocco
Mid-20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Toy kitchen utensils for Passover
Morocco
Mid-20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Toy kitchen utensils for Passover: bowl with lid and couscous steamer
Morocco
Mid-20th century

Jewish Ethnography
Toy kitchen utensils for Passover
Morocco
Mid-20th century

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Omer calendar with biblical scenes
Italy (?)
19th century (?)

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Calendar for counting the omer
Italy

Author and illustrator: Isaac Haim Ishai
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Calendar for counting the omer
Nikolsburg, Moravia


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Calendar for counting the omer
Offenbach, Germany


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Calendar for counting the omer
Florence, Italy


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Calendar for counting the omer
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ca. 1794

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Calendar for counting the omer
Rödelheim, Germany

Printer: J. Lehrberger & Co.
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Etrog (citron) box
Iraq
19th century

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Etrog (citron) box
Germany
19th century

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Etrog (citron) box
Bohemia
19th century

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Etrog (citron) box
New York, USA
Before 1918
Artist: G. Friedman
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Etrog (citron) box
“Bezalel”, Jerusalem
1908-29

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Torah mantle
Mosbach, Germany


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Torah shield with a depiction of the first fruits offering (?)
Augsburg, Germany

Silversmith: Andreas Meiting (active 1679–1712)
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Torah ark valance with a depiction of the giving of the Torah to Moses
Germany
18th century

Jewish Ethnography
Board for learning the alphabet and the Bible
Tangier, Morocco
1940s

Jewish Ethnography
Board for learning the alphabet and the Bible
Morocco
1940s

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Simhat Torah flag
Jerusalem
1950s

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Simhat Torah flag
Warsaw, Poland
After 1905

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Torah scroll case and finials


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Torah scroll case and finials


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Torah scroll case and finials
Calcutta, India
Made in China
ca. 1924

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Torah scroll case and finials
Calcutta, India
Made in China
ca. 1904

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Torah scroll case and finials


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Torah scroll case and finials
India
ca. 1899

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Zelig Segal, Israeli, born 1933
Hannukah lamp
Jerusalem, Israel

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Zelig Segal, Israeli, born 1933
Hannukah lamp
Israel

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Zelig Segal, Israeli, born 1933
Kiddush travel set
Jerusalem, Israel

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Zelig Segal, Israeli, born 1933
Holidays set
Jerusalem, Israel

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Arie Ophir, Israeli, born 1939
Ball of blessings
Israel

Jewish Ethnography
Bowl for the bathhouse
Rabat, Morocco
20th century