View full screen - View 1 of Lot 40. An  Austrian Silver Torah Shield, Vincenz Czokally, Vienna, Dated 1879.

An Austrian Silver Torah Shield, Vincenz Czokally, Vienna, Dated 1879

Auction Closed

December 14, 05:23 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

of cartouche shape, applied with lions flanking the crowned tablets above compartment for portions, above swags of fruit flanking an inscribed cartouche, all on engine-turned ground within bold molded rim, fitted with three reversible portion plaques, marked on front, maker's mark also on two plaques


Height: 16 in., 41 cm

Engraved in Hebrew in the lower reserve, “Leib Zoller, [5]639 [1879].”


Within the portion plaque compartment are three double-sided plaques for Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur, Sukkot/Passover, and Shabbat/Shavuot; the obverse of each reads, “which I donated to my study hall.”