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Torah Finials
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These silver Torah finials are from Corfu and were made between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by an artist whose initials were A.Z. They were used in the Scuola Greca Synagogue, which…

Contributor:

A.Z.

Places:

Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)

Date:

Late 17th–Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Art, Ritual object, Synagogue, Aesthetics, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Pair of finials with decoration and chains hanging down.
Circumcision Set
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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…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Circumcision, Children, Synagogue, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Set of objects: a box lined with velvet, a small box with lid next to it, and two small shields.
Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)
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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Ritual object, Prayer, Mourning, Repentance, Romaniote

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.