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A Polish Silver Torah Shield by Pogorzelski, Warsaw, 1890

$12,000

£9,063.11

€10,610.82

CA$17,048.58

A$17,344.73

CHF 9,940.26

MX$208,841.29

NOK 116,183.30

SEK 116,693.20

DKK 79,325.41

About the Item

A Gorgeous Polish Silver Torah Shield, made by Pogorzelski in Warsaw, 1890. 19th-century Poland was home to one of the largest populations of Jewish people living in Europe in that period. Many artifacts especially significant ones like this Torah shield were considered a holy and cherished possession of any community or synagogue of that time. Torah shield is made in a neoclassical style, embossed with rampant lions holding a crown in their front paws above the spread Hands of Cohen in the holy "Duchenning" fashion below an archway made of flowing acanthus leaves. The central doored compartment is engraved with floral and foliage motifs and encloses a Torah with a Star of David under swags. Flanking the Center doorway are rows of chased laurel leaves separated by beaded and scroling designs. A lit menorah with eight foliate branches and sprouting acanthus leaves is centered at the lower half of the shield flanked by two phoenixes in flight with two large foliate-adorned banded columns framing the Torah shield. At the lower edge, a prominent beaded border with a twisted rope design tops a Hebrew dedication that reads "This Tzitz (Shield) and Hand (pointer) of Silver were given as a Donation by 'Yitzchak the son of Pinchas the Cohen' with his Wife 'Etul Leah' in the year 1913" Knowing the translation of this dedication tells us two things; First, the reason for the Cohen's hands chased into the top of the shield was very fitting as the person who donated the item was a Cohen. Second, this shield had a matching Torah pointer which was donated to the congregation along with the shield A chain is affixed through three rings applied to the upper back of the Torah shield for the purpose of hanging over a Torah scroll and mantle. Hallmarked and signed underneath the central doored compartment.

Dimensions:
Height: 6.89 in (17.5 cm)Width: 4.61 in (11.7 cm)
Style:
Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Silver
Place of Origin:
Poland
Period:
1890-1899
Date of Manufacture:
1890
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5281239972872

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