Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Torah scroll case with a red crown
Egypt
ca. 1919
Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repoussé and cut; silk velvet
Hebrew inscription inside the case notes that it was donated by Isaac Shvila(?) Hacohen in memory of his children, Salim and Marco, and the year of the donation
H: 93; W: 29 cm
Gift from the estate of Yitzhak Yedid, Ramat Gan, in his memory
Accession number: B97.0480 ; 145/050
 
 

Publications:
Sarfati, Rachel, The Yedid Bequest: an unusual Judaica Collection finds its way to The Israel Museum, The Israel Museum Journal, vol. XVIIl, 1999

Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir