- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Place Made:
- Bamberg (?) (Germany)
- Date:
- 1861 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, cast, engraved and parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (33.3 × 23.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Samuel and Lucille Lemberg
- Accession Number:
- JM 10-57
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The Hebrew inscription reads: "Donation to the Holy Congregation in Kleinbardo[r]f from... Joseph son of...Samuel Tuchman in Newark in the country of America in the month of Sivan [5]621" (=1861)
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.