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Torah Shield
Unknown Artist/Maker1859/60 (date of inscription)
The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States
This Torah shield was dedicated to the Kahal Gadol Synagogue of Rhodes by Michael Hayyim David Soriano. The shield was probably once a mirror-back. Since superstition dictated that mirrors be turned to face the wall when not in use, Ottoman mirror-backs were often lavishly decorated. The Jewish Museum also owns a matching Torah Shield (1992-94) dedicated to the same synagogue by the same donor.
Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, 2009.
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Details
- Title: Torah Shield
- Creator: Unknown Artist/Maker
- Date Created: 1859/60 (date of inscription)
- Location: Rhodes, Greece
- Place Part Of: Greece
- Physical Dimensions: w279 x h371 x d19 cm
- Culture: Rhodes (?) (Greece)
- Credit Line: Purchase: Docents of The Jewish Museum through the Nash Aussenberg Memorial Fund, 1991-124
- Type: Ceremonial Art-Metalwork
- Rights: https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#image-research-requests
- Medium: Silver: chased and pierced
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