Free royal cities and guilds operating in the cities exercised their rights not to allow Jews within the city walls or be a member of their guilds. This restriction that started in the Middle Ages and lasted until the dawn of the modern era, resulted that we hardly find any Jewish craftsman during this period of time. There were only two towns in the Hungarian Kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries where Jews were allowed to work as silversmiths: Óbuda (Alt-Ofen) and Bratislava (Pressburg-Schlossberg). In those communities, Jewish craftsmen created Judaica as well, which was unusual in Central Europe, where even Jewish ceremonial objects were normally crafted by Gentiles. The members of the Becker dynasty from Pressburg (Bratislava today) were outstanding silversmiths. Along with ordinary silver objects they also produced objects to beautify the Torah scroll for the surrounding Jewish communities. There are at least 14 pairs of Torah finials created by Fredericus Becker, Sr. (active ca. 1800-1826). Two of them belongs to our collection: one is the Torah finials he made for the community of Óbuda and the other one is the Torah shield made for the community of Pest.