Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Torah crown. Timișoara / Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary (today Romania), ca. 1820-1830.
Silver, repoussé and punched (marked with fineness mark from the city of Timișoara, in use ca. 1820-1830, and with maker’s mark, "FK" = Franciscus Klamer, active 1815-1828).
Torah crown with a design reminiscent of Torah crowns from Italy, and from Sephardi Jewish communities of the Ottoman Empire: cylindrical, open at the top and at the base, and tapering, broadening upward. Rim at base adorned with spherical, diamond-shaped, and flower-shaped ornaments, all in high relief. Body above base rim in form of a circle of tall, broad leaves, separated, toward the tops, by pointy-topped ornaments, curving slightly outward, with large silver spheres at their upper tips.
Remnants of soldering visible on interior, where the fixture meant to fit the Torah scroll handles had been attached.
Height: 18-19 cm. Diameter at base: 22 cm. Diameter at opening at top: 29-30 cm. Overall good condition. Minor warping, mostly to tips of leafy ornaments and to bases of spherical ornaments. Old soldering repairs at several points of connection of spherical ornaments. Some spherical ornaments kept in place with rivets; one of them broken and detached. Some old fractures with soldering repairs. Remnants of soldering and minor fractures to interior (see above).
Category
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Torah crown, created by Lazarus Posen. [Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1900].
Silver, repoussé and stamped (marked with](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/221_1.jpg "Torah Crown – Lazarus Posen – Frankfurt am Main, Ca. 1900")
![Torah crown, created by Lazarus Posen. [Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1900].
Silver, repoussé and stamped (marked with](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/221_2.jpg "Torah Crown – Lazarus Posen – Frankfurt am Main, Ca. 1900")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $5,250
Including buyer's premium
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).
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Torah crown [Piedmont Region, Italy, probably first half of 20th century].
Silver, repoussé and stamped (apparent](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/222_1.jpg "Torah Crown – Piedmont Region, Italy")
![Torah crown [Piedmont Region, Italy, probably first half of 20th century].
Silver, repoussé and stamped (apparent](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/222_2.jpg "Torah Crown – Piedmont Region, Italy")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Torah crown [Piedmont Region, Italy, probably first half of 20th century].
Silver, repoussé and stamped (apparently unmarked).
Torah crown in a characteristic Italian design: Cylindrical, tapering downward toward the base, open at base and at top. The base is adorned with wreaths of leafy branches and flowers, while the taller upper portion is decorated with two different, alternating patterns, six in the form of tall leaves; and six arched, Rococo-style ornaments with, at center, a Star of David inside a frame, surmounted by a crown, with the frame in the shape of the Two Tablets of the Law. A flat, curving silver bar spans the width of the interior of the base and is soldered onto it.
A similar crown from Genova can be found in the collection of the Umberto Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Jerusalem (No. ON 0154; The Center for Jewish Art [CJA], Item No. 4932).
Height: 20.5 cm. Diameter at base: 21.5 cm. Diameter of upper opening: 26.5 to 27 cm. Overall good condition. Minor warping and slight blemishes to edges.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $700
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Ornament for Torah scroll, created by silversmith L. J. Limburg. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, [early decades of 20th century, prior to 1945].
Silver, cast, cut, pierced, sawed, and engraved (marked with fineness mark, the letters "LL" and underneath, the digit 5 inside a square frame = L.J. Limburg, active in Amsterdam in years 1900-1945).
Torah ornament with a unique structure and design, with no known counterparts. Designed in form of a broad, oval-shaped crown, with no protruding upper portion (atarah), and with a tall base and broad, flat upper surface adorned with vegetal patterns. Attached to the front is a pair of ornaments sawed by hand, one depicting the Table of the Showbread, and the other representing the seven-branched Menorah. The ornaments bear inscriptions (Hebrew, both from Proverbs 3:16) engraved onto an accompanying pair of ornaments shaped like cloth ribbons: "In her left hand are riches and honor" and "Length of days is in her right hand".
Seven pendants shaped like leafy wreaths dangle from the bottom edges. The entire crown consists of four units identical in size, which are movable thanks to a combination of tracks, slots, and pins. At the center of the upper surface is a broad, rectangular opening that can be widened or narrowed.
Height: 8.5 cm. Width: 34.5 cm. Depth: 26 cm. Overall good condition. One pendant missing. Two pendants partly disconnected, and with broken edges. Strip missing from ornament shaped like Table of the Showbread. Minor blemishes.
Reference: Maker's marks of Dutch gold- and silversmiths (1981), no. 7564
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Torah crown. [Ottoman Empire (probably Turkey), 19th century].
Silver, cut, repoussé, pierced, and stamped (unmar](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/224_1.jpg "Torah Crown – Ottoman Empire, 19th Century")
![Torah crown. [Ottoman Empire (probably Turkey), 19th century].
Silver, cut, repoussé, pierced, and stamped (unmar](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/224_2.jpg "Torah Crown – Ottoman Empire, 19th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Torah crown. [Ottoman Empire (probably Turkey), 19th century].
Silver, cut, repoussé, pierced, and stamped (unmarked).
Tall Torah crown, cylindrical, open both at the top and at the base. Adorned with decorative elements typical of crowns and other ornaments associated with Torah scrolls of the Ottoman Empire, such as rich vegetal patterns, and a lunar crescent partly encircling an eight-point star – emblem of the Ottoman Empire from 1844 onward. The crown is pierced with six triangular openings; at their tips are apertures for suspended bells (missing). Soldered onto the interior at the base is a wide, rectangular silver plate with two rounded openings intended to fit the Torah scroll handles.
Height: 28 cm. Diameter at base: 21 cm. Diameter of upper opening: 23 to 25 cm. Fair condition. Warping and fractures. Approximately five of upper ornaments broken or missing. Silver plate at base broken, and with numerous missing components. Fractures and old soldering repairs to base. Inner silver rod may be a later addition. Missing bells.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Torah crown. Probably Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (today Turkey), [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, pierced, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/225_1.jpg "Torah Crown – Istanbul, Late 19th or Early 20th Century")
![Torah crown. Probably Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (today Turkey), [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, pierced, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/225_2.jpg "Torah Crown – Istanbul, Late 19th or Early 20th Century")
![Torah crown. Probably Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (today Turkey), [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, pierced, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/225_5.jpg "Torah Crown – Istanbul, Late 19th or Early 20th Century")
![Torah crown. Probably Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (today Turkey), [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, pierced, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/225_6.jpg "Torah Crown – Istanbul, Late 19th or Early 20th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Torah crown. Probably Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (today Turkey), [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, pierced, repoussé, and stamped (marked with a "tughra" mark, in use in the years 1876-1918, and with a Ottoman fineness mark).
Cylindrical Torah crown, open both at the top and at the base. Structure and decorative elements include thirteen tapering arches, curving slightly forward at their tips. Arches with recurrent, symmetrical vegetal pattern which includes a large flower encircled by smaller flowers and leafy elements. Soldered onto the interior at the base is a flat, broad, rectangular silver rod with two circular openings for inserting the Torah scroll handles.
Height: 13-14 cm. Diameter at base: 27 cm. Diameter of upper opening: 30.5 cm. Overall good condition. Slight warping. Minor fractures and fissures at connection lines between several pairs of adjacent arches.
For an identical Torah crown from Istanbul, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), Item No. 903.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
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![Crown for Torah case (Tunisian or Algerian). [Israel, second half of 20th century].
Silver, cast (unmarked); enamel.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/226_1.jpg "Silver Torah Crown – Israel")
![Crown for Torah case (Tunisian or Algerian). [Israel, second half of 20th century].
Silver, cast (unmarked); enamel.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/226_2.jpg "Silver Torah Crown – Israel")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $5,000
Including buyer's premium
Crown for Torah case (Tunisian or Algerian). [Israel, second half of 20th century].
Silver, cast (unmarked); enamel.
Crown for adorning a Sephardi Torah case. Composed of twelve identically designed links attached to one another by pins and hinges. The link serving as a clasp is divided into two halves. All links almost identically decorated, with appliqués in the form of a seven-branched menorah, the Two Tablets of the Law (with the abbreviated Ten Commandments engraved), and a large Star of David with the word "Zion" at center.
Column-shaped ornaments connect the links one to another. Blue enamel is applied to the lines of the Stars of David, and to the capitals of the columns. Twelve small plates bearing the emblems of each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel are soldered onto the surfaces of each link, between the Star of David and the lower border.
Height: 14.5 cm. Total length: 115 cm. Overall good condition. Lengthy suspension hooks soldered onto back. Rings attached to lower centers of menorah ornaments (but missing in some) – possibly for bells or other ornaments (missing).
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Pair of silver Torah finials. Fürth, Germany, late 18th century.
Silver, pierced, stamped, repoussé, and engraved (marked with Fürth municipal mark – a crescent moon with the letter "F"; year mark "Z"; and maker’s mark – the letters "IR" and above them, four dots – of the silversmith Johann Jakob Runnecke / Runecke); gilt.
Torah finials of a German type, adorned with vegetal patterns, with three apertures for bells. At the top, a crown-like ornament capped by a small dome.
The silversmith Johann Jakob Runnecke has been documented in the past by Marc Rosenberg (Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, 1922) and other sources and authorities, referred to as "J. Rimonim". This craftsman, whose Berliner father was also a silversmith, was active in Fürth and produced quite a few articles of Judaica in the late 18th century, including Hanukkah lamps, Torah shields and Torah finials, Kiddush cups, and at least one magnificent Sabbath lamp (formerly part of the Sassoon Family Collection).
Height: 23 cm. Maximal width: 8 cm. Fair condition. Warping, fractures, and missing pieces, especially to upper ornaments. Bud-shaped upper tip missing in one finial. Numerous old soldering repairs at points of attachment of shafts. One missing bell; several bells apparently not original.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
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![Pair of Torah Finials. [Germany, possibly Berlin, early 20th century], dedicatory inscription from Alsace, dated 1913 [5673](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/228_1.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Germany / Alsace, 1913 – Blum Family")
![Pair of Torah Finials. [Germany, possibly Berlin, early 20th century], dedicatory inscription from Alsace, dated 1913 [5673](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/228_2.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Germany / Alsace, 1913 – Blum Family")
![Pair of Torah Finials. [Germany, possibly Berlin, early 20th century], dedicatory inscription from Alsace, dated 1913 [5673](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/228_3.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Germany / Alsace, 1913 – Blum Family")
![Pair of Torah Finials. [Germany, possibly Berlin, early 20th century], dedicatory inscription from Alsace, dated 1913 [5673](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/228_4.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Germany / Alsace, 1913 – Blum Family")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah Finials. [Germany, possibly Berlin, early 20th century], dedicatory inscription from Alsace, dated 1913 [5673].
Silver, turned, stamped, and engraved (marked with German quality marks – "800", crown and crescent moon – and with unidentified maker’s mark, possibly H. Meyen & Co. Berlin).
Torah finials with tall, broad cylindrical shafts, each with a large crown on top, surmounted by a sphere, in turn surmounted by an ornament in the form of the Two Tablets of the Law, engraved (in Hebrew) with the abbreviated Ten Commandments. Supported on broad, dome-shaped bases, each bearing an engraved dedicatory inscription (French), "Donn de Mme Vve Moïse Blum Avril 1913" (= "Gift of the Mme, wife of Moïse Blum, April 1913") on one, and "En Souvenir de son cher mari né à Bischheim" (= "In memory of her dear husband, born in Bischheim") on the other.
Height: 28.5-29 cm. Diameter at base: 9 cm. Fair-good condition. Minor warping. Fractures and soldering repairs to attachments of upper ornaments. Corrosion to upper ornaments.
Category
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Pair of Torah Finials. Pforzheim, Germany, [ca. 1920s].
Silver, turned (marked with German quality marks – crescent moon](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/229_1.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Pforzheim, Germany, 20th Century")
![Pair of Torah Finials. Pforzheim, Germany, [ca. 1920s].
Silver, turned (marked with German quality marks – crescent moon](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/229_2.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Pforzheim, Germany, 20th Century")
![Pair of Torah Finials. Pforzheim, Germany, [ca. 1920s].
Silver, turned (marked with German quality marks – crescent moon](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/229_4.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Pforzheim, Germany, 20th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $600
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah Finials. Pforzheim, Germany, [ca. 1920s].
Silver, turned (marked with German quality marks – crescent moon, crown, and "835" – and with maker’s mark, the monogram "LW" = Lutz & Weiss, Pforzheim).
Torah finials exhibiting Modernist design, with hints of Art Deco. The body of each finial bears a dome-shaped cap with openings, supported by five columns. At the base of each body is a flower-shaped ornament with a dome surmounted by a small sphere at center. Five large gilt bells, producing a delicate ring, are suspended from each finial.
Height: 26 cm. Maximal width: 9 cm. Overall good condition. Slight warping. One bell not original.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
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![Pair of Torah finials. [Central Europe, Bohemia or Moravia, 19th century].
Silver, turned, cut, repoussé, and eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/230_1.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Central Europe, 19th Century – König Family")
![Pair of Torah finials. [Central Europe, Bohemia or Moravia, 19th century].
Silver, turned, cut, repoussé, and eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/230_2.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Central Europe, 19th Century – König Family")
![Pair of Torah finials. [Central Europe, Bohemia or Moravia, 19th century].
Silver, turned, cut, repoussé, and eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/230_3.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Central Europe, 19th Century – König Family")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah finials. [Central Europe, Bohemia or Moravia, 19th century].
Silver, turned, cut, repoussé, and engraved (marked with quality marks "13", and with maker’s marks, the initials "AR").
Torah finials of a type that was widespread in Bohemia and Moravia, as well as in Austria-Hungary (Vienna). Tall cylindrical shafts, each surmounted by a large, almost-spherical openwork crown, and supported on a broad, dome-shaped base adorned in vegetal patterns. Identical dedicatory inscriptions (Hebrew) engraved along the tops of both bases: "Hayyim König".
Height: 26 cm. Diameter at base: 9.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Numerous fractures and soldering repairs to upper crowns. Soldering repairs to suspension rings for bells. Bells missing.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Pair of Torah Finials. Austria-Hungary, dedicatory inscription, probably from Bulgaria, dated 5651 [1891].
Silver, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/231_1.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Austria-Hungary / Bulgaria, 1891 – Peretz Yose")
![Pair of Torah Finials. Austria-Hungary, dedicatory inscription, probably from Bulgaria, dated 5651 [1891].
Silver, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/231_2.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Austria-Hungary / Bulgaria, 1891 – Peretz Yose")
![Pair of Torah Finials. Austria-Hungary, dedicatory inscription, probably from Bulgaria, dated 5651 [1891].
Silver, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/231_3.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Austria-Hungary / Bulgaria, 1891 – Peretz Yose")
![Pair of Torah Finials. Austria-Hungary, dedicatory inscription, probably from Bulgaria, dated 5651 [1891].
Silver, repou](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/231_4.jpg "Pair of Torah Finials – Austria-Hungary / Bulgaria, 1891 – Peretz Yose")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $600
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah Finials. Austria-Hungary, dedicatory inscription, probably from Bulgaria, dated 5651 [1891].
Silver, repoussé, stamped, and engraved (marked with Austro-Hungarian quality marks, in use from 1872; and with faded maker’s mark).
Pair of Torah finials with large, round bodies, adorned with vegetal and geometric patterns. At the top of each finial are pierced triangles which, when combined, produce the shape of a Star of David. Surmounting each finial, at the center of the Star of David, is a tall, crown-shaped ornament.
Supported on stout cylindrical shafts, tapering upward. Identical dedicatory inscriptions (Hebrew) engraved on both shafts: "Dedicated to the Almighty, from Peretz / Yosef Alkalai, may the Lord preserve and keep him, 5651 [1891]".
A printer by the name of Peretz Yosef Alkalai was active in Rustchuk (Ruse), Bulgaria, near the border with Romania. A decorated "ketubah" (Jewish marriage contract) he printed can be found in the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Item No. B87.0564), and various other items printed by him in Ladino can be found in the National Library of Israel (NLI), Jerusalem.
Height: 24.5 cm. Maximal width: 11 cm. Fair-good condition. Warping. Minor fractures and several missing pieces. Soldering repairs to one finial.
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Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value