
The Serque Collection
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD, WARSAW, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
of cartouche form applied with a Menorah under a columned canopy with crown and lions above, the canopy applied with a stag and two lions, with chased rococo borders, hung with three cartouches with Hebrew dates [5]596 [1835-1836]
marked throughout with Polish double eagle tax mark
height 14¼ in.
36.2 cm
Furman Collection, JAF no. 1, Treasures of Jewish Art, pp. 62-63