SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
A LARGE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1860
Auction Closed
December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A LARGE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1860
the upper part with spiralled ribbons over engraved running leaves, the lower part engraved with overlapping leaves, cuffed hand terminal with two diamond rings, the tip of the finger also set with a diamond, crown finial with chain
marked below crown
length 12 3/4 in.
32.4 cm
Reuben David Sassoon (1834-1905), to his great-niece and sister-in-law
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), no. 38; to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), no. 38; to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
London, 1887: Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, "The Sassoon Collection of Hebrew Ecclesiastical Art, exhibited by Reuben D. Sassoon Esq." under no. 2036 "Scroll of the Law...silver-gilt pointer, with two diamond rings on the hand and chain", illustrated opposite p. 115.