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Auction 9 · Lot 30
SILVER TORAH SHIELD. Vienna, 1851.
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Shield form, scalloped outline; from base: embossed floral row topped by plaque box with four plaques; two columns support lions rampant which support coronet; in center, raised Decalogue engraved with Hebrew initial words. Chain hangs from rings on back. Marked lower left and right. H: 270mm. Plaques may be replacements.
summary
For a similar example, see Grafman No. 109, p. 125, which further states: “The crown at the top is of a form often found on Hungarian Judaica.”
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