A PAIR OF MOROCCAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, CIRCA 1930
Estimate:
6,000 - 8,000 USD
A PAIR OF MOROCCAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, CIRCA 1930
with baluster bodies, with pierced girdles applied with birds as terminals for bells, all topped by openwork crowns with blue cold enamel and spring-loaded bells
marked in several places with ram's head control mark
height 13½ in.
34.4 cm
Some loss to enamel. One bird terminal pushed in. Some ribs of crown reinforced. Some bells with dents.
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Furman Collection, JAF no. 62, Treasures of Jewish Art, pp. 46-47