Found-Object Report | Object report

Burial Society Torah shield with inscriptions

Lost Art-ID

573052

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Title

Place of manufacture

Vienna, Austria

Datierung

1815

Object type

Crafts and other folk arts

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Silver / repoussé, engraved, and punched

Height

39.00 cm

Width

26.00 cm

Inventory number

B50.02.0333;148/005

Description

Object Name: Torah shield

Subject: Torah shields

Hebrew inscriptions: the Ten Commandments; "In the year [5]575 [1815]"; "Belongs to the Burial Society of the Holy Community Komorn [today Komárom, Hungary and Komárno, Slovakia]"; "By the members of the Burial Society Mihel Etsch, Wolf Segal, Shimon Kerry and Gumpel Leib"

Holding

Judaica

Provenance

Received through JRSO (Jewish Restitution Successor Organization), Wiesbaden collecting point number: 3965

Published since

10.01.2018

Contact

Israel Museum
POB 71117
9171002 Jerusalem
Israel

Phone

972-2-6708811

Fax

972-2-5631833

info@imj.org.il

Contact

Bareket Mann

bareket@imj.org.il