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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