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 by grapevines. A Hebrew inscription that sits ensconced in a repoussé frame at the center of the shield indicates that this Torah shield was designed for use on the holiday of Shavuot. Three smaller shields are also attached, similarly decorated with engraved vines.
At the center of the backplate of this Hanukkah lamp from Frankfurt am Main is a scene depicting the biblical heroine Judith, who has cut off Holofernes’s head and is about to place it in a sack held…
Eighteenth-century German amulet printed with unique designs. The use of the names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicates the use of this amulet as a birth protection for…
Rothenstein was one of the best-known and most prolific British portraitists of the first half of the twentieth century. His style confounds easy characterization. He considered himself both a…