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A German Parcel-Gilt Silver Torah Shield, c. 1830

Auction Closed

December 15, 09:26 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A German Parcel-Gilt Silver Torah Shield, c. 1830


arched top, the fluted columns with stamped plaques of lyres, matched above the portion plaques, engraved at base "Familie Ferdinand Strauss Freilaubersheim", fitted with one single-sided portion plaque, apparently unmarked


Height 11½in. (29 cm)

The Jewish Community in Freilaubersheim was small and an offshoot of Furfeld.  Only 25 Jews were counted there in 1830.  The town is in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate.