A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD, GEORG NICOLAUS BIERFREUND I, NUREMBERG, 1779-83
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
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15,000 - 25,000 USD
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD, GEORG NICOLAUS BIERFREUND I, NUREMBERG, 1779-83
applied twisting columns enclosing chased tablets above a box for portion plaques below an applied gilt crown and rampant lions, surrounded by Rococo chasing, fitted with one later portion plaque
marked on front and back of portion plaque compartments
height 10 in.
25.4 cm
Christie's, Amsterdam, November 13, 2001, lot 372
George Nicolaus Bierfreund, master in 1740, prolific craftsman of secular and ritual objects, a Kiddush cup dated 1775-9, is listed under Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, pp. 59, no. 12.
Please note that this Torah Shield was documented by Theodor Harburger in the Synagogue in Mainstockheim in the 1930s. The Community’s treasure was looted on Kristallnacht, but most likely restituted to Jewish representatives after the war and dispersed; we thank Bernhard Purin from the Jewish Museum Munich for this additional information on this piece.