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Torah shield
Poland
Silver, repoussé, cut, engraved, and partly gilt
H: 21, W: 17 cm
Received through JRSO (Jewish Restitution Successor Organization)
Wiesbaden collecting point number: 3675
Accession number: B50.02.0383
; 148/163
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Inscription on the crown and on a cartouche supported by two deer: "Torah Crown" and the Hebrew date
From the Israel Museum publications:
Steinberg, Shlomit, Orphaned Art: Looted Art from the Holocaust in the Israel Museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, English / Hebrew
Exhibitions:
Provenance Research online Orphaned Art: Looted Art from the Holocaust in the Israel Museum, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Youth Wing, 20/02/2008 - 03/06/2008
Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir
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