Bidspirit auction | Silver Plate for a Sefer

Silver Plate for a Sefer Torah‭ - ‬Circa 1900 - Silver Torah breastplate. [Circa 1900]. 8 x 12 cm. Weight: 74 gr. A silver Torah breastplate with a decorated border, with the inscription: “ Sefer Aleph ” (First Scroll). On days when more than one Torah scroll is read from, this breastplate served as a mark that this was the first scroll to remove from the Holy Ark. The inscription is a lovely work of folk art.