Auction 70
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mar 31, 2020
(your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 409:
Pair of Torah Finials - Vienna 1846 - Dedication
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Start price:
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Auction house commission: 23%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Pair of Torah Finials - Vienna 1846 - Dedication
Pair of Torah finials. Vienna (Alt Wien), 1846.
Silver (marked), cast, embossed and engraved.
Round base. Shafts, bases and body of finials are decorated with bands of floral and foliate patterns. The finials are surmounted by crowns, topped in turn with bud-like foliate knops. Six decorated chains are suspended from each finial, each consisting of a flower-shaped elongated link between two round links and ending with small medallions embossed with flowers (four medallions on one finial were replaced with 19th-century Persian coins). A Hebrew dedication is engraved on the base of one finial: "Eliezer [with his spouse] / Gittel Gestetner".
Height: 37 cm. Overall good condition. Some bends and cracks to crowns. Loose knop. Soldering repairs to one finial. Missing bells (?).
