Lot 67
  • 67

An Austrian Silver Torah Shield, Maker's Mark VC Possibly for Vincenz Czokally, Vienna, Circa 1880

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked at top
  • height 11 7/8 in.
  • 30.3cm
the cartouche outline elaborately chased with flowers and shell work, enclosing a portion plaque above applied lions flanking the Decalogue and surmounted by a crown, with lengthy Hebrew dedication inscription dated 1906

Provenance

The inscription reads "This is the donation of Eliezer, son of Moses Hille Ha-Cohan and his wife Ressel Rivkah Lubliner, first day of Shauvot 1906"

Dr. Munio-Moshe Dubowy and his wife, Dr. Miriam Schaeffer-Gartner, Antwerp

Condition

good condition, portion plaque marked
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