The Serque Collection
A PAIR OF LARGE DUTCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, ARNOLDUS VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, 1757
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
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A PAIR OF LARGE DUTCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, ARNOLDUS VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, 1757
octagonal of four tiers with large bell surrounded by smaller bells, applied with gilt flower or foliate motifs on lambrequins and with crestings of floral cartouches alternating with shells, crown and bud finials, the staves with octagonal knops applied with flowerhead and leaf motifs
marked under bases
height 18¾ in.
47.8 cm
Furman Collection, JAF no. 130, Treasures of Jewish Art, pp. 28-9
A pair of similar Finails by Johannes Schouten, Amsterdam, 1768, is on loan to the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam. See Gifts from the Heart, no. 25, pp. 176-77.