Pair of Torah Finials – Crowns and Lions – Donated by Joseph Levy and His Wife Guttel Née Eisenmann – Haguenau ...

Pair of Torah Finials – Crowns and Lions – Donated by Joseph Levy and His Wife Guttel Née Eisenmann – Haguenau, Alsace Region, Germany, 1890
Torah finials, bearing a dedicatory inscription from Haguenau, Alsace, dated 1890. Produced by H. Meyen & Co., Berlin, late 19th century.
Silver (marked, German hallmarks and maker's mark: H. Meyen & Co. Retailer's mark: "I. Blum"); cast, repoussé and engraved.
Fine, large finials; shafts decorated with foliate pattern, with wide bases. Shaft surmounted by a foliate capital and a ring studded with paste gems. The capital and ring are fixed with three scrolling hooks, each hung with a bell. The ring is topped with a crown, hung with another bell inside, surmounted by a rampant lion supporting a shield.
A dedication is engraved at the base of the finials – in Hebrew on one finial and in French on the other: "Donated by Yosef son of Yissachar HaLevi and his wife Guttel daughter of Mordechai Eisenmann, Haguenau, Shabbat, first day of Pesach 1890"; "Don de Mr et Mme Joseph Levy, Haguenau, le 5 Avril 1890." (The Haguenau 1880 census lists Joseph Levy and Caroline Eisenmann as a married couple.)
Height: approx. 36 cm. Fair-good condition. Many repairs to top of crowns. Minor defects. Some corrosion. Bends.