A Torah scroll cover (mappa) embroidered in freshly coloured floss silks with scrolling flowers and foliage, including pansies, carnations and lily of the valley, with a Hebrew inscription at one end, against a linen ground, edged with multi-coloured silk braid--7½ x 142in. (19 x 355cm.), possibly 18th century and commemorative, dated in Hebrew, Italian, rebacked, some wear and restorations

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A Torah scroll cover (mappa) embroidered in freshly coloured floss silks with scrolling flowers and foliage, including pansies, carnations and lily of the valley, with a Hebrew inscription at one end, against a linen ground, edged with multi-coloured silk braid--7½ x 142in. (19 x 355cm.), possibly 18th century and commemorative, dated in Hebrew, Italian, rebacked, some wear and restorations
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With attached label inscribed "Persian. Presented to the Rev James Hill on leaving Calcutta by the Lord Charles Bentinck Governor General of India".
The inscription translates as "A gift from Miryam Foa to her husband Avram ...".

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