Auction: Sale #2040 - 2040Location: BostonDate / Time: April 23, 2001 10:00AM
Description:
Continental Horn Mounted Circumcision Knife with Two Associated Silver Circumcision Clamps, late 18th/19th century and c. 1900, knife with plain handle, double-sided blade, original leather case with Hebrew lettering, knife lg. 7 1/2; one clamp K. Paston, New York, ht. 2 3/4; the other Continental/North African, apparently unmarked, with crown, scrollwork, and foliate decoration, ht. 3 in.
Estimate $200-300