Auction 63 · Lot 393
PAIR OF MOROCCAN SILVER TORAH FINIALS.
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- $4,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Circa 1862
Description
Pyramidal-form upper chamber, chased, engraved and pierced in three tiers delineated with rope-like elements; topped with small orb. Set on thick tubular staves bearing lengthy Hebrew inscriptions on each finial: Commemorating a birth and a bar mitzvah, Parshath Beraishith 5622 [1862]. Height: 11.5 inches. Housed within custom-designed leather case.
summary
For two similar examples see Tel Aviv University Catalogue, Fifty Rimonim (1999) nos. 22-3.