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- Megillat Esther Scroll
Megillat Esther Scroll
itemca 19001442-45
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- Held by
- Jewish Public Library Archives via Jewish Public Library Archives
- Dates
- ca 1900 (indexed as 1900)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 scroll case on stand : silver, ivory, paper ; 54.5 x 15 x 22 cm
- Scope & content
- Item is one scroll case and stand made out of silver from the nineteenth Century Turkey or Germany. The case features a Rococo style floral ornamentation on a pointillism ground, with one carved ivory handle. The case was made to house a scroll depicting the story of Esther in classic Sephardic script, with an illustrated water colour border. The paper scroll megillah was a recent addition.
- Places
- Turkey; Germany
- Location
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- Subjects
- Purim; Esther (Purim)
- Genre / form
- Object; scroll
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:27:22Z · source datestamp n/a · ead