Burial Society Pitcher and Shield
Artist Unknown
ca. 1650|1732
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This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew inscription. The inscription records the restoration of this pitcher in 1732 by members of a burial society in Germany, twenty years after they had originally raised the funds to purchase it, in order to present it to the synagogue of Worms.
Credits
Gift of Michael Oppenheim / The Jewish Museum, New York.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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