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silver circumcision set

Circumcision set of the Torres family, utensils of silver, cast, filigree, and hammered,...

Photograph by CJ Nye. The Jewish Museum, New York City, The H. Ephraim and Mordecai Benguiat Family Collection, S 232a,b

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