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Submitted by Octave Levenspiel

Information Picture Question
Category: Photo Identification
Approval Date: 4/2/2003
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A family menorah passed down through generations. Does anyone know where it could have come from. Is it typical of any country?

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it resembles one I have which is from Morocco, made in the 1800s. That is not proof, but I wanted to let you know of the resemblance.
4/5/2021 11:31 AM My guess would be Iranian/ Persian. My step father had a similar one from that area.

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