
Torah Shield
ca 1779 — 1780
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Part of the collection: Torah scrolls in the POLIN museum collection
The pointer, made of one piece of metal with a rectangular cross-section, ends in a simplified hand with an extended index finger. The handle is composed of two parts, twisted in a spiral way towards the end. A blue floss with a tassel is tied in the narrowing between the two parts of the shaft.Object donated to the museum by Abraham Chimowicz.
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Author / creator
Dimensions
cały obiekt: height: 29 cm, width: 1,4 cm
Technique
forging, polishing, chiselling, casting, soldering, bend, cut, embossing
Material
ferroalloy
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
Location / status
unknown
ca 1779 — 1780
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
unknown
ante 1850 — 1939
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Chlebnikow, Iwan Piotrowicz
non ante 1881
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
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