Torah Shield
Artist
Unknown
Date1807
MediumSilver, partly gilded
Dimensions14 7/8 x 13 in. (37.8 x 33.0 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Judaic Art Fund and Museum Purchase Fund
Object numberG.80.3.3
On View
On view[1] Per inscription.
Published ReferencesIntroduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 72.
Chuck Twardy, "A new look for old objects," Raleigh: The News and Observer (December 20, 1996), 4E.
Abram Kanof, A Guide to the Judaic Art Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996), cat. no. 6. pp. 15, 24-25, illus. (b-w) 24.
Yonat Shimron, "A Tale of Two Galleries," in Hadassah Magazine (February 2008), mentioned 41.
John W. Coffey, entry for Torah Shield, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 142, illus. (color) 143.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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Unidentified workshop, associated with Hoaching
Case: circa 1860 or earlier; finials and pointer: probably later
