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A GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- marked on top of shield and hook.
- silver
of cartouche form in cast filigree sections, the sides with Renaissance caryatid brackets, mounted above the compartment with three crowns, hung with two bells, fitted with one reversible portion plaque, the chains with cartouche-form hook.
Exhibited
New York, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, The Collector's Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection, 1993, no. 71, illus. fig. 6, p. 10, and fig. 7, p. 11
Condition
Section missing to left top, also probably missing some applied ornaments.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The shield conforms to a type popular in Frankfurt. Similar examples are a complete example (F740) and a fragment F439 in the Jewish Museum, New York, both marked by Johann Michael Schüller (active 1684-1718); see Crowning Glory Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum New York, 1996, pp. 84-85. Another was in the Jacobo Furman Collection marked by Johann Valentin Schüller (JAF4); see The Jacobo and Asea Furman Collection of Judaica, 1997, pp. 56-57.
In "The Golden Age of Jewish Ceremonial Art in Frankfurt," published in Leo Baeck Institute Year Book 1986, Vivian B. Mann lists a third shield in the Klagsbald Collection, Paris, marked only with Frankfurt mark (Synagogue, fig. 94), and two other unmarked shields in Cluny Museum Paris (INV. no. 12251), Synagogue, fig. 95 and the Heichal Shlomo Museum (no. 118-0515; Yehadah I. Bialer, Jewish Life in Art and Tradition, New York, 1976, p. 115. She notes another example exhibited in the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1877, cat. no. 1459.
In "The Golden Age of Jewish Ceremonial Art in Frankfurt," published in Leo Baeck Institute Year Book 1986, Vivian B. Mann lists a third shield in the Klagsbald Collection, Paris, marked only with Frankfurt mark (Synagogue, fig. 94), and two other unmarked shields in Cluny Museum Paris (INV. no. 12251), Synagogue, fig. 95 and the Heichal Shlomo Museum (no. 118-0515; Yehadah I. Bialer, Jewish Life in Art and Tradition, New York, 1976, p. 115. She notes another example exhibited in the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1877, cat. no. 1459.