JUDAICA:- A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD
MARK OF C. ROELL AND A "13" STANDARD MARK, PROBABLY GERMAN, 3RD QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY, ALSO BEARING LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK
Escutcheon form, the top with flowers above an applied coronet, centre applied with a menorah above the twin tablets of the Ten Commandments on a diaperwork-engraved arched recess in turn above a rectangular aperture displaying the name of the relevant festival, a box behind the aperture containing four interchangeable panels with Hebrew inscriptions on both sides, below this a foliate scroll centred by a lion's mask with vacant oval cartouche below, all flanked by columns surmounted by rampant lions, three bells dependent from base, chain attachment
15 in. (38 cm.) high
49 oz. (1543 gm.)
JUDAICA:- A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH SHIELD
MARK OF C. ROELL AND A "13" STANDARD MARK, PROBABLY GERMAN, 3RD QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY, ALSO BEARING LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK
Escutcheon form, the top with flowers above an applied coronet, centre applied with a menorah above the twin tablets of the Ten Commandments on a diaperwork-engraved arched recess in turn above a rectangular aperture displaying the name of the relevant festival, a box behind the aperture containing four interchangeable panels with Hebrew inscriptions on both sides, below this a foliate scroll centred by a lion's mask with vacant oval cartouche below, all flanked by columns surmounted by rampant lions, three bells dependent from base, chain attachment
15 in. (38 cm.) high
49 oz. (1543 gm.)
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