Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Torah Pointer, 1851. Silver, 9 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (24.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Elizabeth A. Goodman, 49.228.16. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Torah Pointer

Date

1851

Geography

Place made: Vienna, Austria

Medium

Silver

Classification

Tool

Dimensions

9 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (24.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)

Inscriptions

Hebrew inscriptions on handle which read, "Donated by Rabbi Judah Daca in the year 1851" [see catalogue sheet in Decorative Arts departmental files for Hebrew]

Credit Line

Purchased with funds given by Elizabeth A. Goodman

Accession Number

49.228.16

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