- Object Name:
- Torah Crown
- Artist/Maker:
- BM (?)
- Place Made:
- Galicia (Poland/Ukraine)
- Date:
- 1809/10 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: chased, cast, and parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/2 × 5 3/16 × 5 3/4 in. (24.1 × 13.2 × 14.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community
- Accession Number:
- D 52
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The lower portion of this circular crown is decorated with two bands of silver foliate scrolls alternating with parcel-gilt channel moldings. From this base rise seven doves alternating with seven rampant lion staves which support a canopy with leaf pendants and suspended bell. A small crown rests on the canopy. It is inscribed ("Crown of Torah/Crown of Priesthood/ Crown of Royalty/ Crown of a Good Name [5]570"= 1809/10; a variation on Ethics of the Fathers 4:17). A parcel-gilt sphere surmounted by an acorn finial rises from the center of this small crown.
This Torah crown is one of a series that are nearly identical in basic composition but which vary in ornamental detail. All bear engraved inscriptions dating between 1809 and 1819.
This Torah crown is one of a series that are nearly identical in basic composition but which vary in ornamental detail. All bear engraved inscriptions dating between 1809 and 1819.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.