MakerMade by
Goopee Nath Dutt & Co.(Bhowanipore, Calcutta, India, active late 19th century–c. 1940)Bhowanipore, Calcutta, India, active late 19th century–c. 1940
CultureIndian
Titles
- Pair of Torah Cases with Matching Pairs of Finials
Date1927–1928
MediumWood, silver, velvet
DimensionsOverall (.1): 32 7/8 × 10 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (83.5 × 27.3 × 27.5 cm)
Overall (.2): 33 7/8 × 11 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (86 × 29.1 × 27.5 cm)
Overall (.2): 33 7/8 × 11 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (86 × 29.1 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.568.1,.2
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Department
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Exhibition HistoryNone
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The interiors of each of the two cases feature two silver plaques engraved with Hebrew inscriptions, on the flat surfaces of the opposing walls of each dome. Inscribed on the right plaque are verses related to the subject of the Torah: "And this is the teaching which Moses set before the children of Israel" (Deuteronomy 4: 44); "These are the statutes, the ordinances, and the laws that the Lord gave between Himself and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses" (Leviticus 26: 46). The left plaque of each of the case bears personal inscriptions in memory of a couple, Eliyahu Moshe Dweck and his wife Gracia Dweck HaKohen.
The plaque of the shorter case is dedicated to the husband, Eliyahu: "This case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated for the soul of R. Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen who passed away on Shabbat 12th Shevat 1927…"; the plaque of the taller case is dedicated to his wife, Gracia: "This case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated for the soul of Gracia wife of R. Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen, who passed away on Friday 25th Tammuz 1928…".
The plaque of the shorter case is dedicated to the husband, Eliyahu: "This case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated for the soul of R. Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen who passed away on Shabbat 12th Shevat 1927…"; the plaque of the taller case is dedicated to his wife, Gracia: "This case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated for the soul of Gracia wife of R. Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen, who passed away on Friday 25th Tammuz 1928…".
Each of the two cases marked on the bottom with the mark of the silversmith: "Goopee Nath Dutt & Co., Bhowanipore, Calcutta"
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late 19th-early 20th century
Gilt embroidery and application on maroon cotton velvet, gilt fringes
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