Important Judaica
Important Judaica
The Serque Collection
A GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD, JOHANN JONAS MEYER, NUREMBERG, 1777-81
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD, JOHANN JONAS MEYER, NUREMBERG, 1777-81
arched rectangular chased with a Menorah above the Tablets and compartment for portion plaques, flanked by free-standing spiral columns topped by lions rampant supporting a crown enclosing bell, rococo borders
marked on body and portion plaque compartment with maker’s mark, city mark and date D for 1777-81
height 10¾ in.
27.5 cm
The inscriptions on the right read: “(Gift of) David ben Mr. Mordechai of the Holy Community of Pflaumloch” and on the left side “Clarale bat Mr. David in the year (5) 548 (1787-88).”
Johann Jonas Meyer, worked 1774-1791. A rococo Hanukah Lamp by him is at the Hechal Shlomo, Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Museum, Grunt Collection, Jerusalem, no 801, a Kiddush Cup in the Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam, JHM 142 and a Torah Shield dated 1788 in a private collection, see Karin Tebbe et al. Nurnberger Goldschmiedekunst, 1541-1868, no. 575, pp. 274-275. It is possible that this entry refers to the current shield.