Bidspirit auction | GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD Stamped

GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD Stamped “L. Victor.” Applied with a large crown above two lions supporting the Tablets of Law, flanked by two pillars with chased foliage border. Mid-19th century Hinged container revealing three silver Festival plaques engraved in Hebrew. Together with three English later escutcheons dependent (part-marked with London maker JZ) the central one engraved “Presented to the South Portland St. Synagogue by Mr. L Freeman on the occasion of his daughter Lily’s 10th Birthday. 30th Sept. 1915’’. H: 38 cm.(15 inches). Glasgow’s South Portland Street Synagogue, also known as the Great (Central) Synagogue, was the last remaining Jewish congregation in the Gorbals until its closure in 1974. Hinged container revealing three silver Festival plaques engraved in Hebrew. Together with three English later escutcheons dependent (part-marked with London maker JZ) the central one engraved “Presented to the South Portland St. Synagogue by Mr. L Freeman on the occasion of his daughter Lily’s 10th Birthday. 30th Sept. 1915’’. H: 38 cm.(15 inches). Glasgow’s South Portland Street Synagogue, also known as the Great (Central) Synagogue, was the last remaining Jewish congregation in the Gorbals until its closure in 1974.