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Torah Breastplate
- Medium: Silver
- Place Made: Berlin, Germany
- Dates: ca. 1760
- Dimensions: 17 7/8 x 9 5/8 x 2 in. (45.4 x 24.4 x 5.1 cm)
- Markings: Below central cartouche: "RB", lion flanked by "P"
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 49.228.9
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Moses Ginsburg
- Image: Overall, 49.228.9_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Torah Breastplate or Shield, Rococo style, arched panel embossed with leaf scrolls crested by Torah crown, below crown Tablets of Law originally flanked by two bells (one now missing); below Tablets compartment for changeable holiday plaques with plaque engraved plaque in Hebrew that reads, "Yom Kippur," fluted pillars on sides with engraved flowers and pomegranate finials, three pendant plaques at bottom engraved with Hebrew inscriptions, all indicating names. Condition: Good, one bell missing on left of upper cartouche.
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