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Silver Torah Shield
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This silver, repoussé, punched, engraved, and cast Torah shield, decorated with flowers and bunches of grapes, from Metz, France, is inscribed in Hebrew: C[rown of] T[orah]; Festival of Shavuot.

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Metz, France

Date:

17th–18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Holidays, Shavuot, Ecology

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Engraved shield of flowers, grapes, and other decorative elements around rectangular Hebrew inscription.
Hanukkah Lamp
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This bronze, cast, and gilt Hanukkah lamp from France is decorated with the head of a warrior wearing a laurel wreath, most likely meant to depict Judah Maccabee, leader of the uprising against the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Hanukkah, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Oil lamp in the form of a shield with spouts at the bottom, of decorative motifs and profile of individual crowned with laurel wreath.