Lot 208
Torah Pointer – Turkey – Ililah / Algava Family
Torah Pointer. Turkey, Izmir (Smyrna) or Bursa, Year 5686 [1926].
Silver, cast and engraved.
Long, narrow Torah pointer, consisting of three segments – a rectangular upper segment, a spiraling middle portion, and a square lower segment. Flat hand with long, slightly flexed index finger (left hand). Hebrew dedicatory inscription in memory of "Shlomo Ilillah and Rivkah daughter of Reinah, year 5686 [1926]". Signed in cursive Latin script: Samuel A. Algava. Back side of hand engraved with vegetal decoration, and the Hebrew word "Iyun"(?). Palm engraved with star of David with the Hebrew letters spelling "Shaddai".
Length: 37 cm. Good condition.
Purchased from the A. Fogel Collection, Tel Aviv, April 1982.
