MAKER'S MARK GS, TOWN MARK OF ROME (ROSENBERG 7433), CIRCA 1700

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A FINE ITALIAN SILVER-GILT SHADDAI AMULET FOR CRADLE
Maker's mark GS, town mark of Rome (Rosenberg 7433), circa 1700
Of shaped oblong open worked form, the lower part with Hebrew text from Genesis 22:9, referring to the Sacrifice of Isaac, within stylised C-scrolls medallion, surmounted by a scene of the Sacrifice of Isaac flanked by four pillars and two cypress trees, topped by crowned Tablets of the Law inscribed in Hebrew, flanked by two rampant lions and surmounted by further foliate C-scrolls, the reverse engraved with star below , flanked by foliate C-scrolls, the centre inscribed in Hebrew Shaddai within Star of David flanked by four pillars and two cypress trees, the top with openworked rampant lions and crown and foliate finial, supported by uninscribed Tablets of the Law, fitted with suspension ring for hanging
12.3cm. high
marked on lower front part and assay scratch mark on reverse
74gr.

注意事項

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拍品專文

For other very similar and typical Roman amulets see:
Klagsbald, Musee de Cluny, no. 2;
Kayser, the Jewish Museum New York, no. 159;
Barnett, the Jewish Museum London, no.: 609;
The Jewish Museum of Budapest no.158;
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, in Harburger vol. 3 p. 563
These amulets which were used for hanging on children's cradles referred to by Italian Jews as 'Shaddai' Amulet because this name of G-d (the Almighty) was inscribed on the majority of them

See illustration