- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Artist/Maker:
- Johann Ludwig Martin Müller I
- Bio:
- 1743-1789; master 1776
- Place Made:
- Berlin (Germany)
- Date:
- 1788-1789; 1829/30 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, cast, filigree, engraved, and parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 11 9/16 × 7 15/16 in. (29.3 × 20.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community
- Accession Number:
- D 130
Not On View
The Torah shield bears the following two inscriptions: "Made for the 'gabbaim (beadles)' Itzik son of Moses Goldstein and Moses Leib Danziger the year [5]590=1829/30"; "This belongs to the Benevolent Society of the h[oly] c[ongregation] of Mattenbuden the year [5]590=1829/30".
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.