MATERIAL: Silver
TYPE: Artifact
DIMENSIONS: 10 in. high
Inscription Translation: "Sahatji Hagop donates it to Estanos St. Fourty Manuk Church and Navasart School on April 1, 1768"
ITEM ID: 316
Silver Tabernacle
DATE
Year: 1768
Decade: 1760s
Century: 18th (1701-1800)
Armenian Silver Tabernacle. The inscription reads, “Sahatji Hagop donates it to Estanos St. Fourty Manuk Church and Navasart School on April 1, 1768.”
Scholar James Barry commented, “I’m guessing that ‘Sahatji’ is ‘saatçi/ساعتچی’ Turkish for ‘watchmaker’ (same origin as the famous Saatchi family).”
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