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Very Rare 17th century Italian Judaica wood silver Circumcision Knife

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Here we have this important and very rare example of early Judaica, made in Italy or south Germany, this Circumcision Knife is made from iron, has the guild mark on the blade as used to be on such early blades (usually forged in Germany) the handle is the important part, it is hand carved in fruitwood with an amazing depiction of the Binding of Isaac or Sacrifice of Isaac, on the scene you can see Abraham holding a bid knife or almost a sword, and next to him Issac is kneeling with his eyes covered, in front of them there is a cauldron with fire in it, and on the back, between the legs of Abraham you can see a small head of a Ram, he is almost unidentified but he is present in an almost theatrical whimsical way. under the wood handle there is an octagonal silver strip that is connecting between the wood and the iron knife. the knife came to us from a distinct Judaica collection and it was stored in a tooled leather box, box has some "Fleur de lys" imprints in gilt on it, the box is not in a great state and it looks like its been to several restoration processes in the past. a similar style of knife can be found in The Stieglitz Collection, that is now a part of the Israel museum permanent collection and in other collections around the world, Israel museum refers to this example as 17th century Italian.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.68 in (19.5 cm)Width: 0.79 in (2 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.5 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1600
  • Condition:
    good condition, scratches, scoffs and some minor splits to the wood, no restorations to the knife and the wood handle box was restored in the past but in a stable condition, missing one hook.
  • Seller Location:
    Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU8130243376522

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