- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Place Made:
- Germany
- Date:
- before 1809
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, parcel-gilt, engraved, and cast; glass
- Dimensions:
- 12 5/8 × 10 13/16 in. (32 × 27.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community
- Accession Number:
- D 137
Not On View
The Hebrew inscription in the cartouche indicating that the Torah shield was donated by the Burial Society of the Congregation of Schottland in Danzig. The pendants which were likely attached to the Torah shield at a later date bear additional dedicatory inscriptions.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.