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Polin museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

damascened in silver and copper, with arches and strapwork enclosing Stars of David, rampant lions, seated deer and menorahs, the back with a view of Jerusalem

for various charities: ones in Bratislava and North Africa; a Jewish hospital in Turkey; the Yeshiva of Breslau in Israel; United Charity Institutions; three silver-painted with paper labels, from Spanish Morocco; two for the Jewish National Fund; the General Israel Orphans Home for Girls; the Knesseth Israel Inc.; another for the Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem

one printed with a scene of the Western Wall, inscribed in Hebrew The Land of Israel / Western Wall / Rabbi Mair Ba'al na-Nes; the other printed with the globe backed by The Tablets and the night sky, and engraved Keren Hatorah.

Inscribed in Hebrew: "Righteousness [Charity] saves from death" [Proverbs 10:2]; and the names of the women in the society, as well as the name of the donor: "Peskha daughter of Rabbi Mikhel Wagner of blessed memory."

Reggio, Italy, 1830, brass, engraved

height: 15.2 cm

1998