PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS Probably Morocco, late 19th - 20th century.

Cut out and chased finials of tapered pentagonal form, with stacked windows with pendant elements; strapwork collar beneath cast finial. Smooth tapered shafts support architectural form finials, rising from bowls with chased sections; tapered pentagonal outer wall, openwork, with two stacked windows; lower windows contain bells, upper windows contain flat embossed silver elements which dangle from short chains; top section, with chased panels tapers to cast finial surrounded by strapwork collar. Undecipherable marks on both. H: 322mm. One flat dangling element and one bell missing; slightly askew.

These finials are similar to, although less elaborate than, those depicted in Israel Museum Catalogue, “The Jews of Morocco,” (1983), p. 47.