Italian silver binding fitted with a prayer book intended for a woman's use, Late 18th Century
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June 27, 03:28 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
both covers chased with beaded oval frames suspended from ribbon-bows, with crossed branches below, sprays of flowers at the angles all on striated ground the spine with repeated flowerheads, openwork clasps chased with a floral pendant fitted with a prayerbook, published by Bragadini, 1749, with frontispiece illustrating the "three women's mitzvot" including lighting the lamp for the Sabbath, the silver apparently unmarked
Length 7 ½ in.
19 cm
The binding is fitted with an Ashkenazic-rite women's prayer book, printed in Venice by Bragadini in 1749, with a frontispiece illustrating the three "women's mitzvot": kindling the Sabbath lamp, removing a portion of dough for challah, and observing the menstrual laws.
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