Spice box (besamim)
ante 1942
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Part of the collection: Ritual goblets and mugs in the collection of the Polin Museum
A cup on a small foot in a form of a rim, with a straight belly and a turned up edge of the spout. The ear, decorated with a volute (worm) in the upper part, is led out from the lower edge of the belly and ends in 3/4 of the height of the vessel. On the body an oval cartouche with three leaves in the upper part and garlands leading from two sides downwards is engraved. Inside the cartouche are engraved two overlapping letters and above them an arched inscription being a blessing for Passover.
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Author / creator
Dimensions
cały obiekt: height: 6,5 cm, width: 7 cm
Object type
vessel (container)
Technique
engraving, punching, polishing, chiselling, bend, cut, embossing
Material
silver
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
Location / status
ante 1942
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
1801 — 1900
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
non ante 1894
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
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