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A MONUMENTAL SILVER TORAH SHIELD BY GIUSEPPE SAMBONETTI....
A MONUMENTAL SILVER TORAH SHIELD BY GIUSEPPE SAMBONETTI. Vercelli, 1878. The main body chased with rococo style scrolling foliage. Embossed with Hebrew dedication: FOR THE GLORY OF THE TORAH PRESENTED BY NAFTALI SCHARF TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER THE RIGHTEOUS PERSON RABBI YEHUDA AVRAHAM SCHARF AND HIS MOTHER THE WOMAN OF VALOR YEHUDIT, DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL IN 1878. Additionally decorated with a stylized Decalogue. Hung from additional shell shaped barrier by three suspension chains. 25 long. Provenance Sothebys New York, March 1999 lot 323.
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