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Auction 48 · Lot 351
SILVER TORAH SHIELD.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $1,400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Austro-Hungary, circa 1870.
Description
Ovoid, rim ornamented with repousse drapery and floral elemts. At lower center, medallion with Yiddish dedicatory inscription ("The Schratter Brothers. "). Center embossed lions rampant flank Decalogue with Hebrew initial words. At top center, coronet. Plaque box with one plaque (marked). Height: 14 inches.
summary
See R. Grafman, Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum (1996) nos. 118-19.