Wedding Belt Buckle

CultureAfghan
Titles
  • Wedding Belt Buckle
Datemid-19th century
MediumSilver and silver-gilt
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 × 12 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (11.7 × 30.7 × 4.8 cm)
Overall (.A): 4 1/2 × 7 × 1 5/8 in. (11.4 × 17.8 × 4.1 cm)
Overall (.B): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (11.7 × 19 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nancy and Scott Atlas in memory of Morris and Rita Atlas
Object number2023.38.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
Exposé

Explore Further

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, 25 November 1981, lot 71]; [The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part I, Sotheby's, New York, December 15, 2022, Sale N10971, Lot 90]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in Hebrew across both parts of the buckle: “Raising her eyes, Rebecca saw Isaac. She alighted from the camel and said to the servant, ‘Who is that man walking in the field toward us?’ And the servant said, ‘That is my master.’ So she took her veil and covered herself. The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Isaac then brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he took Rebecca as his wife. Isaac loved her, and thus found comfort after his mother’s death” (Gen. 24:64-67).

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Overall recto
19th century
Silk embroidered with metallic and silk threads
2023.611
Belt Buckle
Hiroko Sato Pijanowski
1978–1979
Silver
2002.4015
Passover Haggadah According to the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites, 2nd edition
Solomon Proops
1712
Book with 31 folios including woodcuts and copperplate engravings in a modern calf, gilt-tooled and blind-tooled binding with modern paper flyleaves and pastedowns, housed in a modern green leather covered slipcase
2023.39
Folk Art Papercut Mizrah
c. 1860
Ink and pigments with graphite on parchment
2023.607
Belt Buckle
Late 19th–early 20th century
Gold with brass backing
2004.2304
Torah Crown
mid 18th century
Silver and silver-gilt
2022.228
Overall.
John Smyth & Sons
1891
Sterling silver and colored stones
2023.27
Belt Buckle
19th century
Repousse gold over copper
2004.2307
Belt Buckle
Max Fröhlich
1979–1980
Silver
2002.3761
Belt Buckle
late 19th century
Gold, cabochon rubies
2004.2265