Important Judaica
Important Judaica
A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER TORAH FINIALS, JEREMIE HUMBERT, BERLIN, 1788-1802
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER TORAH FINIALS, JEREMIE HUMBERT, BERLIN, 1788-1802
of baluster form, pierced and chased with swags and flowers, the bases chased with stiff leaves, crown finials with acorn tops, hung with two rows of bells, the staves with Hebrew inscription and the name Levy Cohen
marked on staves
height 11¾ in.
30 cm
The Hebrew inscription reads: “The youth Judah ben Solomon ha-Kohen.”
Jeremie Humbert worked in Berlin 1727-1802. Sheffler lists two Torah finials by him of 1788 in the Altona Synagogue; see Berliner Goldschmiede, no. 985, p. 193.