Torah crown, created by Lazarus Posen. [Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1900].
Silver, repoussé and stamped (marked with maker’s mark "Posen", and with additional, unidentified mark, possibly a fineness mark); gilt.
Consisting of six arches with clover-shaped ornaments and adorned with numerous spherical-shaped ornaments in various sizes.
In between the arches are leaf-shaped ornaments with suspended bells. Surmounted by a large spherical ornament, in turn surmounted by an apex in the form of a flower bud. At the base is a wide silver plate, with a pair of cylindrical tubes for inserting the Torah scroll handles.
Height: 27 cm. Maximal width: 23 cm. Good condition. Some of the bells not original (some marked, apparently with Viennese marks).
