Circumcision Tools
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- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, mother-of-pearl, steel
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 390
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
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- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, mother-of-pearl, steel
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 390
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- This complete set includes pearl-handle knife, scissors and holder in original case lined with velvet. Initials "W.S." on cover. Presented by Mr. Ollendorff to Mr. Wolf Sternberg of Montreal. Permanent loan by Edward A. Schretter, Nyack, New York, great-grandson of Mr. Wolf Sternberg. Probably the oldest circumcision set in Canada.
- Places
- Germany (probable origin)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
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