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Silver circumcision plate
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This silver plate from Padua, Italy, was made for use in the brit milah, the circumcision ritual celebrated when a baby boy is eight days old. In this detailed depiction of the ritual, the baby seems…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Circumcision, Birth, Children, Art

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Plate engraved with Hebrew letters around rim and image of man holding child on a chair.
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.