A PAIR OF LARGE ENGLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, SIMON HARRIS, LONDON, 1796

Property from the United Synagogue, London

A PAIR OF LARGE ENGLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, SIMON HARRIS, LONDON, 1796

of heavy weight, the staves with gadroon borders, chased with matted stiff leaves, bowl-shaped knops with acanthus foliage below a line of cut-out stiff leaves supporting three horizontal tiers with rosette and acanthus brackets, pierced bands between, topped by large gilt crowns, eight faceted bells by this maker

marked on each section, the crowns apparently unmarked

height 18 in.

46 cm