Eleven dedication plaques, for hanging on a Parochet (Torah Ark Curtain) in a synagogue or on a Torah Scroll case. [Jerusalem and the Near East, Iraq, Tunisia, Lybia, and other places (?)], late 19th through mid-20th century.
Low grade silver, sawn, engraved and repousee.
Plaques in different shapes pierced at the margins for hanging on a Torah Ark curtain. Seven round plaques, three shaped as the Tablets of the Law and one shaped as a shield. In memory of deceased from the families: * Sisu (1893). * Shakher (1900). * Zedaka (1902). * Kachuri (Chachuri), 1923. * Sassoon (1925). * Benyamin (1935). * Aharon (1936). * Nahari (1937). * Iraqi Cohen (1940). * Faraji (1946). * Eton (1949).
Size varies, 12.5X7.5 to 27.5 cm (diameter). Condition varies, fair-good. Creases and bends to some plaques or breaks and some damages.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.