The Serque Collection
TWO ENGLISH SILVER TORAH POINTERS, LONDON, 1896/1921
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
TWO ENGLISH SILVER TORAH POINTERS, LONDON, 1896/1921
one with engine-turning central knop and squared top and ball finial; the second partly filigree
one with chain by Joseph Zweig, London, 1921; the second maker’s mark not clear, London, 1896, both inscribed
lengths 12 and 11¼ in.
30.4 cm; 28.4 cm
The inscription on the first reads “Presented to the Burnley Hebrew Congregation by Mr. and Mrs. E. Prinsky, April 1922 Nisan 5682” and on the second “Presented by Jacob Lipson, president of the Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation on the occasion of the Barmitzvah of his second son Arthur, February, 5th 5658”.
Joseph Zweig is recorded at 32 Great Garden Street, Stepney in 1911, where in 1913 he is listed as silversmith with dining rooms at 60 Great Titchfield Street, Great Portland St, and with a private address 10 Fremont Street, South Hackney. See John Culme, The Directory of the Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders, vol. 1, p. 504.