A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, MIDDLE EASTERN OR POSSIBLY CAUCASIAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Property of a New York Private Collector

A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS, MIDDLE EASTERN OR POSSIBLY CAUCASIAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

of fruit form with stem finials, the center with panels of large chased flowers between gilt banding, applied chains terminating in hanging bells, supported by wide staves likely replaced at a later date, each incised with the Hebrew inscription “Tsirl [Cyril] bat Samson Zelig” 

apparently unmarked

height 12 1/2 in.

31.8 cm