Lot Essay
The Arms illustrated in 'Anglo-Jewish Notabilities', The Jewish Historical Society of England, 1949. plate 35
18TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH BRASS EWER AND BASIN ENGRAVED WITH A HEBREW INSCRIPTION
18TH CENTURY
Both later engraved with the Mendes or Da Costa Arms and motto, the ewer with a brief Judaic inscription, the basin with a Judaic prayer said after washing hands before taking bread and dated 1724
ewer 11in. (28 cm.) high (2)
18TH CENTURY
Both later engraved with the Mendes or Da Costa Arms and motto, the ewer with a brief Judaic inscription, the basin with a Judaic prayer said after washing hands before taking bread and dated 1724
ewer 11in. (28 cm.) high (2)
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We now believe that both the Hebrew inscriptions and the family armorial have been added relatively recently
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