Do any of the characters look like this? Jerusalem as written in Hebrew. יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
Gotta watch out for those fatted calfs!
Since the R is in the center, it probably ... I was being distracted while trying to write this post, so got delayed, but was just just about to...
R F & maybe W, not sure whether that's a letter or ornamentation.
Maybe because slaughtering of animals destined for the butcher is not a religious act, just following religious strictures.
I'm speaking strictly without checking if I'm right, but think kosher slaughter of an animal for food purposes requires that it be bled out. What...
That's interesting - thanks for telling us. :)
The Copts are Christians & images on pot are Hebrew Bible only. Was your aunt the sort of person who would have made a trip to 'the Holy Land'?
Speaking of Hebrew translation issues: http://jbqnew.jewishbible.org/jbq-past-issues/2017/453/nehoshet-copper-bronze-brass-plausible-tanakh/
Israel? When we can read it, we will probably know.
The convention of depicting Moses with horns comes from a mistranslation of the original word that meant something like 'radiant', the idea that...
Biblical figures: Moses with tablets; Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac. Suspect a souvenir item. @komokwa And man with lute-type instrument...
It's possible they were originally artificial pearls, the coating now worn away with use.
Why you are better off shopping on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-doubl...o-uchikake-Beautiful-stitchwork-/173366840847...
Welcome, Curious. The one promising lead I got for 'VIVAT DE REPUBLIK' got me to a broken link for a saber sheath in a Dutch military museum, so...
When you first write a post, the choice to add photos as thumbnails or full size is right there below the text box. If you go back in to edit,...
It is Camille Tharaud. Have seen it on porcelain cameos.
I'm pleased that you will enjoy them in your own environment. Maybe, while looking for something else altogether, we will stumble into more info...
It's such a widely reproduced print. Think I have one somewhere, from the 1970s. Maybe someone will have thoughts on how to assess the age of...
A bit earlier, I think, late 40s - 50s. And you are probably right about its being 800 silver. These ones with the marcasites can be quite...
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