A CONTINENTAL SILVER TORAH SHIELD, POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN, CIRCA 1820

A CONTINENTAL SILVER TORAH SHIELD, POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN, CIRCA 1820

of arched rectangular form, chased with the Tablets between crowned columns below an inscribed oval with date 1822 above a vase of flowers, surrounded by trailing flowers and borders of trefoils on matted ground, with associated demi-crown chased with two lions and foliage

apparently unmarked

height 10¼ in.

26 cm