The following description was prepared by William Gross:

The Jewish community of Cochin, a city of the western coast of southern India, has an almost thousand year history. This decorated Ketubah from Cochin is one of the oldest known from that city.  It is also one of the most beautiful, with its elaborate Islamic style floral design on the gold background. The Ketubah was purchased in India in the first half of the 19th century by an English missionary, Joseph Wolff.  It was brought to England and given as a gift to a Christian Hebraist, John Hookham Frere (1769-1846).  This is all recorded on a sheet attached to the back.  The Ketubah resurfaced in the last decade in a local auction in England. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, most of the Jewish community of Cochin has immigrated to that country.  Today only a handful of Jews remain in Cochin. The artistic design of this Ketubah is an excellent example of the integration of local cultural and artistic influences into objects of Jewish life. This wedding took place on February 17, 1790 (3 Adar I 5550).

Groom:                             Avraham Ben Meir

Bride:                                Matzla Bat David Cohen

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