A pair of Dutch silver and filigree Torah finials, maker's mark an F in a shield, circa 1870

hexagonal three-tiered baluster form, the upper two sections surrounded by a gallery with central floral motif, surmounted by a crown and ball finial, set on plain stems inscribed in Hebrew "donated by the Holy Society Ezrat Kodesh to the holy community of Veenendaal, may the almighty protect her, Shabbat Hanukah, 20 December 1873", marked on staves with control and maker (compare D. Froger Jr., Amsterdam)

Mercaz Avraham Synagogue, Rehovot, Israel

lacking a few bells, otherwise good, impressive
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The Jewish community at Veenendaal, near Utrecht, was at its peak in the mid 19th century.  In 1852, the community built a new synagogue on the Verlaat, and the Jewish population numbered 101 persons in 1869.  It declined leading up to the Second World War, when most of the remaining Jews were deported.  The synagogue was vandalized and its ornaments destroyed.  After the war, the community was disbanded and the synagogue sold and razed.