Burial Society Pitcher and Shield
Artist Unknown
ca. 1650|1732
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
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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