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Auction 7 · Lot 60
PAIR OF IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH FINIALS Holland, ca. 1820.
- Estimate
- $8,000–$10,000
- Hammer price
- $7,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Round smooth staves; two tiered hexagonal architectural form finials, cut out with shells, swirls ; each tier has six gilt bells within apertures; at top, eight-ribbed crown with acanthus finial. Master’s mark DI (?) on stave. H: 398mm. Some bells possibly replacements.
summary
The small, closed crown topped by a finial at the top of these Rimonim was first seen on Dutch finials in the late 17th century. See R. Grafman, Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum (1996) p. 42 and no. 383, p. 237