Torah Pointer from Poland

Noah Joel Feivish

1728

Object with hook and Hebrew imprinted along decorative handle.
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Noah Joel Feivish

18th Century

Noah Joel Feivish was a silversmith from Lissa (today, Leszno), Poland.

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