A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER TORAH FINIALS, MAURICE MAYER, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

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June 5, 04:47 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER TORAH FINIALS, MAURICE MAYER, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

formed as openwork foliate scroll cartouches topped by the tablets of the law which are centered by a palm tree, suspended with carnelian beads possibly replacing bells, the staves with presentation inscription and Hebrew date 5635 [1874-1875]

marked on staves, bases signed in script Maurice Mayer / 18, rue Lafayette / Paris

height 13⅝ in.

34.7 cm.

Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue: Please note the correct date is circa 1860

The inscriptions reads: "Offert par Aaron Venture a l'occasion de la guerison de son petit fils Alexandre Jacob Mayer 5635."

Maurice Mayer enters his mark in 1846 and was later appointed goldsmith to Emperor Napoleon III. Similar scroll work and Tablets of the Law can be seen on the Omer Calendar by him in the Skirball Museum, see New Beginnings, pl. 24. p. 44.