Property of a New York Private Collector
A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN SILVER SMALL TORAH FINIALS, MAKER'S MARK TK IN SCRIPT MONOGRAM, POSSIBLY RZESZOW, 1813
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December 17, 06:59 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Property of a New York Private Collector
A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN SILVER SMALL TORAH FINIALS, MAKER'S MARK TK IN SCRIPT MONOGRAM, POSSIBLY RZESZOW, 1813
the foliate-chased base supporting a striped columnar stem with a crown finial on bed of fronds, bearing later inscription "Ancient Torah Roll From Palestine with Ornaments, Presented to Jewish Hospital Synagogue by Mayer Sulzberger August 1901"
marked on base rim
height 6 1/4 in.
15.9 cm
Similar pairs are illustrated in the Tel Aviv University "50 Rimonim" exhibition catalogue, 1998. The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, p. 74 and 75, from Brunn, 1821 and Troppau, c. 1802.