The Serque Collection
A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS, MAKER'S MARK A DEER HEAD, 20TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS, MAKER'S MARK A DEER HEAD, 20TH CENTURY
in German 18th century style, the bodies chased with a band of Vitruvian scrolls, with windowed two-tier tops and crown finials topped by lions rampant
marked under bodies with maker’s mark only
height 14 in.
35.6 cm
These are copied from a pair of finials by Johann Jakob Runnecke of Fürth, in the Jewish Museum, New York, illustrated Rafi Grafman, Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York, pp. 51, 204-5.