Book cover for Pentateuch and Five Scrolls, silver: 1721–ca. 1727; book: 1699–1701 and 1700–1701
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
silver: 1721–ca. 1727; book: 1699–1701 and 1700–1701
Book cover in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2017.59), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Book cover for Pentateuch and Five Scrolls”.
The museum dates it silver: 1721–ca. 1727; book: 1699–1701 and 1700–1701. It is attributed to Tobias Schier (Polish, active 1702–33). The museum records the medium as Silver, chased, pierced and embossed and partially gilt and the dimensions as Overall (confirmed): 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (14.3 × 8.9 × 5.7 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver, chased, pierced and embossed and partially gilt
- Dimensions
- Overall (confirmed): 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (14.3 × 8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Judaica
- Maker recorded
- Tobias Schier
Identification
- Met object id
- 719480
- Museum object name
- Book cover
- Museum object number
- 2017.59
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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