- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Place Made:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1804/1805 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé and engraved
- Dimensions:
- 8 5/8 × 7 15/16 in. (21.9 × 20.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Else Seligman
- Accession Number:
- JM 81-64
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The shield bears the Hebrew name "Simon son of Lipmann." This piece was donated by the Levy family to the synagogue of Beilstein: They later moved from Beilstein and took the piece with them, eventually bringing it to the United States in 1938.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.