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This Torah shield was cast in silver in Hamburg, Germany. Partly gilt and adorned with precious stones, four crowns sit at its center, framed by symmetrical columns on either side that are encircled…
Contributor:
Tobias Völsch
Places:
Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
Late 17th Century
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This ritual spice container is thought to have been made in Frankfurt am Main. It is decorated to represent a four-story tower with brick walls. At its top, two short spires flank a central, taller…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1550
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This splendid Torah ark curtain, made in Kriegshaber, Germany, is the work of the embroiderer Elkana Schatz Naumberg of Fürth, whose name appears in an inscription in the central bottom section. It is…
Contributor:
Elkana Schatz Naumberg
Places:
Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire (Kriegshaber, Germany)
Date:
1724