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Handlinger Visningsindstillinger	Sefer Torah Cover Remove from selection Add to selection ObjektnummerM2008/019 TitelSefer Torah Cover BeskrivelseCream-coloured, velvet Sefer Torah mantle (cover) with gold fringe and ornate embroidery. The embroidery includes fabric decoration and coloured-metal studs and depicts two lions, a crown, the 10 Commandments, and a vase of flowers. An inscription reads, "Presented by Mr & Mrs Ross in Memory of their Daughter". There are also words in Hebrew. This Sefer Torah cover was donated to the Witbank Synagogue (Witbank, South Africa) in memory of the Ross' daughter who died, age 12, in the polio epidemic of c. 1945. The cover was returned to the family after the synagogue closed in 2007. ProduktionsstedWitbank, South Africa Produktionsdato after 1945 EmneJudaica, South African Jewish History, decorative art, poliomyelitis, memorials Objektnavnmantles Materialesilk, metal Mål length: 725.00 mm width: 415.00 mm depth: 185.00 mm

ObjektnummerM2008/019

TitelSefer Torah Cover

BeskrivelseCream-coloured, velvet Sefer Torah mantle (cover) with gold fringe and ornate embroidery. The embroidery includes fabric decoration and coloured-metal studs and depicts two lions, a crown, the 10 Commandments, and a vase of flowers. An inscription reads, "Presented by Mr & Mrs Ross in Memory of their Daughter". There are also words in Hebrew. This Sefer Torah cover was donated to the Witbank Synagogue (Witbank, South Africa) in memory of the Ross' daughter who died, age 12, in the polio epidemic of c. 1945. The cover was returned to the family after the synagogue closed in 2007.

ProduktionsstedWitbank, South Africa

Produktionsdato after 1945

EmneJudaica, South African Jewish History, decorative art, poliomyelitis, memorials

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Materialesilk, metal

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