- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Artist/Maker:
- August Nathanael Lehnhard (?)
- Bio:
- active 1799-1841
- Place Made:
- Danzig (Gdansk, Poland)
- Date:
- 1821 or 1828; 1833/34 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, die-stamped, cast, engraved, and parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 13 13/16 × 10 13/16 in. (35.1 × 27.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community
- Accession Number:
- D 133
Not On View
In right oval suspended plaque, in Hebrew: "This belongs to the Talmud Torah Society of the h[oly] c[ongregation] of Mattenbuden."
In left oval suspended plaque, in Hebrew: "[5]594" = 1833/34
In left oval suspended plaque, in Hebrew: "[5]594" = 1833/34
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.