AN AUSTRIAN SILVER AND 'GEM'-SET TORAH SHIELD, MAKER'S MARK SK of shield form, mounted on filigree with colored faceted paste jewels engraved and gilded with with the names of the Twelve Tribes, the base with a compartment for portion plaque (missing) now with a plaque engraved in Hebrew, Hirsch-Halberstadt, the top with chains suspending two "gems" also engraved with Hebrew inscriptions.