- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Artist/Maker:
- August Ferdinand Gentzmer
- Bio:
- 1758/59-1808; active from 1789
- Place Made:
- Berlin (Germany)
- Date:
- 1804-1808
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, cast, engraved, and parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 15 7/8 × 11 11/16 in. (40.3 × 29.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community
- Accession Number:
- D 139
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The majority of Gentzmer's known works are Torah shields once in the collections of synagogues in Dessau, Lissa, Konigsberg, and Danzig.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.