Burial Society Pitcher and Shield

Artist Unknown

ca. 1650|1732

Silver pitcher with floral shapes and inscribed designs, and shield on lid with Hebrew inscription. — This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew inscription. The inscription records the restoration of this pitcher in the eighteenth century by members of a burial society in Germany, twenty years after they had originally raised the funds to purchase it, in order to present it to the synagogue of Worms.

This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew inscription. The inscription records the restoration of this pitcher in the eighteenth century by members of a burial society in Germany, twenty years after they had originally raised the funds to purchase it, in order to present it to the synagogue of Worms.