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Torah shield
Lost Art-ID
623733
Artist / Creator
Ehe, Johann Friedrich
Birth
(vor) 1735.01.06, Nürnberg
Death
23. März 1808, Nürnberg
Title
Torah shield
Dating
1785
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / cast ; repoussé ; embossed
Height
29.50 cm
Width
20.00 cm
Depth
5.00 cm
Inventory number
2004/81/1-5
Description
The shield shows the two pillars of Solomon's Temple, the lions of Judah and the tablets of the law in the centre. There are two cartouches next to each. The left-hand cartouche contains the name and location of the donors as well as a date. A drawer on the back allows the holidays to be replaced with engraved silver plates. One of the three original bells on the lower edge is missing. Master's mark JEF (Johann Friedrich Ehe) and an inscription of the city of Nuremberg are engraved. Further translated inscriptions: ‘Me'ir Sohn des Schlomo’, ‘Der hochgelehrte Meier, Sohn des verstorbenen Salomon / und seine Ehefrau Hitzel, Tochter des Samuel / Brilon im Jahre 1785’
Provenance
The Torah shield was donated in Brilon and was probably used in the synagogue there; it is unclear how it came into the possession of the town museum. It was probably confiscated by the Nazis after the Reich pogrom in November 1938 or in connection with the deportations in Westphalia that began in 1941/42 and then came to the ‘Haus der Heimat - Sauerländisches Friedrich-Harkort-Museum’.
Literature / Source
Blank, Ralf; Freiesleben, Dietmar (Hrsg.): [Hagener Stücke]: 111 Objekte aus dem Stadtmuseum. Essen 2017. S. 114.
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Contact
Archäologiemuseum Hagen - Wasserschloss Werdringen & Stadtmuseum Hagen
Museumsplatz 1-3
58095 Hagen
Germany
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Position
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Phone
02331 207-3603
Contact
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Position
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Phone
02331 207-5606
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