A DUTCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH POINTER, 18TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

June 5, 04:47 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A DUTCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH POINTER, 18TH CENTURY

with partly hexagonal stem, the hand with ruffled cuff and diamond ring and holding a gold pointer, with gilt ball finial, with chain

marked with Dutch 19th century boar's head control mark

length 10 inches

25.4 cm

Two similar Torah pointers, Dutch 18th century, are illustrated in the catalog of the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, Gifts from the Heart, nos. 9 & 10, pp. 146-147.