One of the highlights of this time's auction is this amazing and ultra valuable silver hand manufactured shield for the Jewish sacred Torah. It consists of a beautiful and well adorned shield for the Torah, made of silver from the Napoleonic occupation period in Krakow.
It was made in the period of 1770-1790 and it has the silver stamp "CE", since during that period it was the way to mark silver by jewellers.Napoleonic Austrian Tax-Hallmark for 1806-1807 for medium size silver pieces. Letter E for Kraków (Cracow). That's why we know the origins of this beautiful artifact. In this case we are talking about the Austrian partition of Poland.
We can see on the middle of the shield a 3 double sided silver plate with an inscription in Hebrew about the Jewish holidays. The complete shield weights 359 grams. Silver is engraved with beautiful Jewish motifs and also has some precious stones mounted on the shield as decorative details.
The story behind this jewel is that it was found in a Litzmannstadt Ghetto surrounding area building in Lodz, the former Jewish Ghetto. Exactly in a street that surrounds the former ghetto. For sure it was hidden by a Jew in autumn 1939 before all the Jews were locked down in the infamous Ghetto of Litzmannstadt, to protect it from plundering.
You will be bidding for a true Jewish sacred item with a very interesting historical background and a great artistic value! Size 20 cm x 22 cm

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Great condition