A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD, BERLIN, CIRCA 1840
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD, BERLIN, CIRCA 1840
arched rectangular, applied with gilt Tablets flanked by lion supporters and below an openwork crown, all above a compartment for portion plaques now with one later plaque, the sides with fluted columns topped by flower urns, with a palm canopy, two hanging bells, has chain
marked beneath plaque with city mark, apparently no maker's mark
height 9½ in.
24.1 cm
A shield of similar design by Johan Christian Samuel Kessner, 1804-28?, Berlin, is in the collection of The Jewish Museum, New York, see Rafi Grafman, Crowning Glory, Silver Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York, p. 117, no. 84.