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Torah Shield

Culture: Jewish
Medium: Silver-plated brass
Place Made: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Dates: 1898
Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 1/4 in. (39.7 x 29.5 x 0.6cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: L50.26.1
Credit Line: Loaned by Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc.
Image: Overall, L50.26.1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

Catalogue Description: Silver-plated brass torah shield. Cartouche form with crown finial; at center, Tablets of Law flanked by lions standing on scrolling vines; beneath lions the frame for holiday plaques (holiday plaque now missing); scrolls and vines decorated both sides of support; at bottom framed medallion bearing Yiddish inscription indicating names and date (1898), Rococo style. Condition: Good, holiday plaque missing.

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