(SYNAGOGUE PLAQUE)

Vayehi bi-Neso’a ha-Aron…Berich Shemeh [verses and petitionary prayer recited upon opening the Ark]. Text within garlanded architectural columns. Up top, two lions flanking Tablets of the Law, which are crowned by a Star of David. Signed, “Shimon Deitch, prayer leader of the synagogue of Radovitz.” In bottom right hand corner year in form of chronogram, “Esther” [5661 / 1901] Text in red and black inks. Graphics in watercolor. Framed. 23 x 30 inches

Radovitz (Rumania): 1901