AN IMPORTANT GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD

MARK OF RÖTGER HERFURTH (SCHEFFLER 444), FRANKFURT AM MAIN, CIRCA 1770

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AN IMPORTANT GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD
Mark of Rötger Herfurth (Scheffler 444), Frankfurt am Main, circa 1770
Cartouche-shaped and chased with dense rocaille, flowers and C-scrolls on a matted ground, the upper part chased with Lions of Judah and a crown centering a rectangular compartment with five interchangeable festival plaques, double-sided and inscribed in Hebrew, the lower part with a cartouche engraved with a Hebrew presentation inscription, with three pendant bells beneath, marked on shield, bells and festival plaques, also with later Dutch control marks
The shield 8in. (20cm.) high; 12oz. 10dwt. (401gr.)

Provenance

Christie's, Amsterdam, June 10, 1993, lot 653

Literature

Vivian B. Mann, The Golden Age of Jewish Ceremonial Art in Frankfurt in Leo Baeck, Institute Year Book 31, 1986, pp. 389-403

Lot Essay

The engraved inscription reads: "With happiness this Torah Shield (Tas) was given to decorate and glorify this Torah Scroll and to honour G-D, from the writer (I.D. the scribe who wrote this Torah Scroll) Yakob son of Isaac Blumendal, G-d will protect him, [and] Rankah daughter of Issachar."

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