- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Artist/Maker:
- Georg Ludwig August Krauss
- Bio:
- 1779-1840; master 1806
- Place Made:
- Nuremberg (Germany)
- Date:
- 1815 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, punched, engraved, and cast; glass
- Dimensions:
- 15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.2 × 27.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- The Jewish Museum
- Accession Number:
- U 8547
Not On View
The Hebrew inscription indicates that the piece was donated by a Burial Society Talmud Torah during Shavuot of 1815, and rededicated in 1919/20 by members of the Katz and Segal families. The medusa heads on the column bases and the laurel wreath show the influence of neo-classicism.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.