A Pair of Fine and Important Silver Tefillin Cases, Lemberg, Poland, 1778

Dimensions
Height – 5 cm, length – 9 cm, depth – 6.5 cm

Provenance
Isaac Halperin Collection

Details
Each side finely engraved with a different animal and original Hebrew inscriptions "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, fleet as a deer, and mighty as a lion, in order to fulfill the will of your Father in heaven." Fitted with parchment scrolls.

Condition
Good, on one case the base is detached from the hinge.