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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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Artist Unknown
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Iran)
Date:
18th Century
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This velvet tefillin bag is embroidered on one side with images of flowers; the reverse side contains the date and the imperial double-headed eagle, a symbol of both the Austro-Hungarian and the…
Contributor:
Rachel Millman
Places:
Bessarabia, Russian Empire (Bessarabia, Moldova)
Date:
1907
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When the company owned by Jacob Abraham Jesurun (1806–1875) obtained a contract for mail delivery within the Caribbean in 1867, it had its own stamps printed featuring the firm’s initials, J. A. J. &…
Contributor:
Jacob Abraham Jesurun
Places:
Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)
Date:
1861