Book cover for Pentateuch and Five Scrolls
Object type: Book cover
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Breslau (Wrocław)
Artist: Tobias Schier
Artist bio: Polish, active 1702–33
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Polish
Date: 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
Credit line: Purchase, Ruth and Andrew Suzman Gift, 2017
Accession year: 2017