A DUTCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIAL, PIETER ROBOL II, AMSTERDAM, 1757
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
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A DUTCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIAL, PIETER ROBOL II, AMSTERDAM, 1757
of hexagonal two-tier baluster form, pierced with rococo shell and scrollwork and hung with three rows of bells, central gallery with urn finials, crown and bud finial, the stave with straight gadroon rim
marked on stave
height 13½ in.
34 cm
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 28, 1994, lot 195
Peter Robol II, working 1753-1769, was a third generation Amsterdam silversmith. A pair of Torah Finials of 1758 were sold Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 1994. Another sold Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, December 9, 1999, lot 93. A monumental Hanukah lamp by him 1753 is on loan to the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam. See the catalogue, Gifts from the Heart, no. 23 p. 172.