Auction 60 · Lot 427
RUSSIAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD.
- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
1876
Description
Repousse throughout with elaborate rose and scroll forms; central compartment with pierced, hinged doors enveloping miniature Torah scroll; flanked by columns, rampant lions supporting domed crown; with plaque box and interchangeable, double-sided plaque (later); later hanging shield (marks: Jacob Rosenzweig, London 1919). All suspended from linked chain. Marked. “A.R,” along with assayer mark “O.C.” - Josef (Osipov) Sosnkowski. 12 x 8.5 inches.
summary
Produced in the city of Warsaw when it was under Russian political jurisdiction, 1852-1915.