Obj. ID: 19521
Sacred and Ritual Objects Plaque wih New Month Blessing from the Great Synagogue in Maków Mazowiecki, Poland
The photograph of the plaque was published in Żydzi w Polsce odrodzonej: Działalność społeczna, gospodarcza, oświatowa i kulturalna, Ignacy Schiper, Arje Tartakower and Aleksander Hafftka eds., vol. 2 (Warsaw, 1932), p. 306, as an example of the Polish eagle used by Jews in decoration of thier synagogues.
The caption says: "Modlitwa Hebrajska, obramiona orlempolskim i symbolami zodjaku. Pochodzi z 1815 [!] r. i nalezala do boznicy w Makarowie. Ze zbiorow p. Salomona Muntza w Warszawie" (Hebrew prayer, decorated by the Polish eagle and zodiac symbols. Originates from 1815 [!] and belonged to the synagogue in Makow. From the collection of Mr. Salomon Muntz in Warsaw."
The original object belongs to the Jewish Museum, New York, and could be seen here (https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/21142-prayer-for-the-new-month).