Instruments for circumcision: knife and magen

Instruments for circumcision: knife and magen

  • Place of origin:Russia
  • Date:1873
  • Materials and equipment:Silver, stainless steel, coral, engraving
  • Size:Magen: 6.5 х 6. Knife: 20 х 2.2
  • Topic:
    Birth and Childhood
Instruments for circumcision: knife and magen. Russia. 1873. Silver, stainless steel, coral, engraving. Magen: 6.5 х 6. Knife: 20 х 2.2. Blade: ‘L. and A. Zavyalovy Steelworks Factory Co. in Vorsma’ (Nizhny Novgorod prov.), hallmark of honorary participation in an international exhibition in London: ‘Londini. Honoris Causa 1862’. The silver mount of the coral bears the hallmark ‘84’, the maker’s mark ‘А.В.’ (Aron Berg, St Petersburg, 1835‒1876), and the date ‘184 <...>-1873’.