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Purim plate, France or Belgium, 1844
Unknown1844
The Jewish Museum, London
London, United Kingdom
Pewter plate for Purim gifts with a shaped moulded rim. Engraved with geometric and floral ornament. Around the rim is a Hebrew inscription reading "and the sending of gifts each to his neighbour or gifts to the poor", a quotation from the Book of Esther. Dedication inscription notes the owners/ donors (?) Isaak and Regina HAHNHEIMER, and the date, 1844.
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Details
- Title: Purim plate, France or Belgium, 1844
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1844
- Location Created: France or Belgium
- object number: JM 275
- diameter: 250 mm
- Credit Line: Gift of Lawrence Levy, 1936
- Type: plate
- Rights: Digital image: Jewish Museum London
- External Link: http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/search-our-collections-new?adlibid=8672&offset=0
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