Torah Shield and Torah Pointer – Antoni Riedel – Warsaw,...
Torah Shield and Torah Pointer – Antoni Riedel – Warsaw, 1884 / Ca. 1900
Torah shield and Torah pointer, both created by silversmith Antoni Riedel (active 1878-1910), Warsaw.
1. Torah shield. Warsaw, 1884.
Silver, repoussé, cast, and engraved; parcel gilt.
Hallmarks: · Maker's mark, "A. Riedel"; · Workshop mark (logo); · Municipal mark of the city of Warsaw; · Fineness mark, "84"; · Assayer's and year mark, "OC 1884" [= Osip Sosnkowski].
Torah shield in shape of a cartouche, consisting of a plate of repoussé silver with the surface and borders adorned with rich vegetal patterns including branches, flowers and rocailles. In the upper portion is an ornate, convex crown flanked by a pair of rampant lions. At the center is a small, fancy cartouche framing a surface left blank for an engraved dedicatory inscription. The cartouche is flanked by a pair of architectonic columns, in turn flanked by a cast pair of bouquets of flowers in vases; it is surmounted by a balcony railing immediately beneath the crown. Over the center of the band at the base of the crown is a relief of a deer, and a tiny pair of lions. Toward the bottom is a rectangular box with a door, enabling the insertion of interchangeable plaques. The principal ornaments – the bouquets, columns, railing, crown, and lions – are all attached to the plate of the Torah shield by means of nuts and bolts. Three long silver chains connect the top of the shield to a large suspension ring (also marked). Includes two silver interchangeable plaques engraved with the names (in Hebrew, on either side) of the holidays of "Passover" and "Shavuot".
For similar Torah shields by Riedel, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item nos. 338 and 11434; "Crowning Glory", item nos. 204 and 206; and see also "The Stieglitz Collection", item no. 3.
Height: 30 cm. Width: 26 cm. Height incl. chains: 55.5 cm. Overall good condition. Gilt coating faded.
2. Torah pointer. Warsaw, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, cast and engraved; parcel gilt.
Hallmarks: · Maker's mark, "A. Riedel"; · Workshop mark (logo); · Municipal mark of the city of Warsaw; · Fineness mark, "84".
Adorned in vegetal patterns. Upper section cylindrical, alternately widening and narrowing. Lower section spiraling, and at its tip is the "hand", emerging from a lengthy, decorated "cuff". At the end of the upper section is a dome-shaped ornament, surmounted by a tiny lion (matching the lions appearing on the Torah shield described above). A suspension chain is connected to the lion.
For similar Torah pointers by Riedel, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item nos. 542 and 659.
Length (Torah pointer): 26.5 cm; incl. chain: 46 cm. Good Condition.
See also following item.
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Torah Shield and Torah Pointer – Antoni Riedel – Warsaw, 1884 / Ca. 1900
Torah shield and Torah pointer, both created by silversmith Antoni Riedel (active 1878-1910), Warsaw.
1. Torah shield. Warsaw, 1884.
Silver, repoussé, cast, and engraved; parcel gilt.
Hallmarks: · Maker's mark, "A. Riedel"; · Workshop mark (logo); · Municipal mark of the city of Warsaw; · Fineness mark, "84"; · Assayer's and year mark, "OC 1884" [= Osip Sosnkowski].
Torah shield in shape of a cartouche, consisting of a plate of repoussé silver with the surface and borders adorned with rich vegetal patterns including branches, flowers and rocailles. In the upper portion is an ornate, convex crown flanked by a pair of rampant lions. At the center is a small, fancy cartouche framing a surface left blank for an engraved dedicatory inscription. The cartouche is flanked by a pair of architectonic columns, in turn flanked by a cast pair of bouquets of flowers in vases; it is surmounted by a balcony railing immediately beneath the crown. Over the center of the band at the base of the crown is a relief of a deer, and a tiny pair of lions. Toward the bottom is a rectangular box with a door, enabling the insertion of interchangeable plaques. The principal ornaments – the bouquets, columns, railing, crown, and lions – are all attached to the plate of the Torah shield by means of nuts and bolts. Three long silver chains connect the top of the shield to a large suspension ring (also marked). Includes two silver interchangeable plaques engraved with the names (in Hebrew, on either side) of the holidays of "Passover" and "Shavuot".
For similar Torah shields by Riedel, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item nos. 338 and 11434; "Crowning Glory", item nos. 204 and 206; and see also "The Stieglitz Collection", item no. 3.
Height: 30 cm. Width: 26 cm. Height incl. chains: 55.5 cm. Overall good condition. Gilt coating faded.
2. Torah pointer. Warsaw, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, cast and engraved; parcel gilt.
Hallmarks: · Maker's mark, "A. Riedel"; · Workshop mark (logo); · Municipal mark of the city of Warsaw; · Fineness mark, "84".
Adorned in vegetal patterns. Upper section cylindrical, alternately widening and narrowing. Lower section spiraling, and at its tip is the "hand", emerging from a lengthy, decorated "cuff". At the end of the upper section is a dome-shaped ornament, surmounted by a tiny lion (matching the lions appearing on the Torah shield described above). A suspension chain is connected to the lion.
For similar Torah pointers by Riedel, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item nos. 542 and 659.
Length (Torah pointer): 26.5 cm; incl. chain: 46 cm. Good Condition.
See also following item.
