Lot 77
  • 77

A Pair of German Silver Torah Finials, Casimir Ernst Burcky, Berlin, 1804-15

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 15in. (38.2cm)
of multi-baluster form, pierced and chased with swags and classical foliage and with openwork crown finials, the sides applied with scrolled bracks to suspend bells (missing), marked on staves with maker's mark, city mark and eearly 19th century Austrian control mark

Condition

as noted re bells; one repaired at top where stem meets body
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