Torah Shield

Tobias Völsch

Late 17th Century

Torah shield decorated with vine-wrapped columns on either side, crowns across the top, and three smaller shields hanging from bottom.
Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Register
Already have an account?
Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

Tobias Völsch

17th Century

Tobias Völsch was a silversmith active in Hamburg, Germany in the late seventeenth century.

You may also like

Print of couple under canopy with crowd of people looking, in front of building exterior with tall windows.
Tooltip info icon

Wedding Ceremony

Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz’s Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden, sonderlich derer in Deutschland (Religious Constitution of Today’s Jews, Especially Those in Germany), published in…
View Source
Framed piece of paper with three columns of text: single letters in left column, numbers in middle column, and Hebrew text in right column.
Tooltip info icon

Omer Board

Shearith Israel was the first Jewish congregation established in North America, and the only Jewish congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825. Between 1654 and 1730, it met in rented quarters…
View Source
Figurine with horned helmet and raised hand, with gilded bronze on hand and thigh.
Tooltip info icon

Figurine of Male Deity

Figurine of Male Deity, Ugarit, Late Bronze Age, 1550 to 1200 BCE. Seven and a half inches tall (19 cm), this figurine probably once brandished a weapon in its raised hand. It is identifiable as a…
View Source