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LOT 22485:
A Rare Continental Ivory Circumcision Set, c. 1800
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Sold for: $4,250
Start price:
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1,500
Estimated price :
$3000-5000
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A Rare Continental Ivory Circumcision Set, c. 1800
A wood box with ivory mounts, lock and key, with original cloth lining including:
1. A knife with metal blade and carved ivory handle depiciting the Binding of Isaac and with incised and painted Hebrew inscription: "every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised".
Length: 15.5 cm
2. An ivory flask carved with circumcision scene with incised and painted Hebrew inscription: "and commanded us to enter him into the Covenant of Abraham.
Height: 7.3 cm
3. An ivory shield
Length: 6.4 cm
Condition: Good
Provenance: Shlomo Tepper Collection
