- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Place Made:
- Frankfurt am Main (?) (Germany)
- Date:
- 1861 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 11 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (30.4 × 24.8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 4380
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The inscription indicates that the Torah shield belonged to Rabbi Michel Speyer and that it was renewed in 1861. The shield is a close copy of a Rococo example in the collection that was made and dedicated a century earlier in Frankfurt am Main (JM 33-52).
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.