Silver Megillah

Jewish scribe (Sofer Stam) writing Esther Scroll, Thessaloniki, 1905 (Photo R.S. Cresswell, National Geographic Creative).

Typical example of a Megillah, Esther Scroll, from Ioannina, in a partly gilt silver, repoussé and engraved case with the motifs of the Tablets of the Covenant and the Crown of the Torah, 19th or early 20th century.

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