Lot 108
  • 108

AN ITALIAN SILVER AMULET

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • apparently unmarked.
  • silver
  • height 4 1/2 in.
  • 11.3 cm
typical cartouche form, applied with emblems including priest's hat, censer, Tablets of the Law, ribbon-bow finial and grape cluster terminal.

Exhibited

New York, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, The Collector's Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection, 1993, no. 22.

Condition

Crushed at edges and repaired, preist's hat later, decalogue possibly later, lacking another emblem.
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