Book cover for Pentateuch and Five Scrolls
Tobias Schier
silver: 1721–ca. 1727; book: 1699–1701 and 1700–1701
Medium
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)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver|Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Culture
German, Breslau (Wrocław)
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ruth and Andrew Suzman Gift, 2017
Accession Number
2017.59