- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Place Made:
- Galicia (Poland/Ukraine)
- Date:
- 1848/49 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Copper: silver-plated, repoussé, and engraved
- Dimensions:
- 5 5/16 × 4 9/16 in. (13.5 × 11.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- The Rose and Benjamin Mintz Collection
- Accession Number:
- M 204
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Hebrew inscription: "Crown of Torah"/ "This was donated by the R[abbi]/ Abraham s[on of] R[abbi]/ Zvi to the H[oly] S[ociety of] Tailors/ in the year [5]609 [=1848/49]"
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