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Lot 229 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

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Pair of Torah Finials – Pforzheim, Germany, 20th Century

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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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Lot 230 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

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Pair of Torah Finials – Central Europe, 19th Century – König Family

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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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Lot 231 Pair of Torah Finials – Austria-Hungary / Bulgaria, 1891 – Peretz Yosef Alkalai

Pair of Torah Finials. Austria-Hungary, dedicatory inscription, probably from Bulgaria, dated 5651 [1891].

Silver, repou

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Pair of Torah Finials – Austria-Hungary / Bulgaria, 1891 – Peretz Yosef Alkalai

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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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Lot 232 Pair of Miniature Finials for Small Torah Scroll – Austria – Prinz Family

Pair of Miniature Torah finials. Austria, possibly Vienna, ca. 1920s-30s.

Silver, turned, stamped, and engraved (marked

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Pair of Miniature Finials for Small Torah Scroll – Austria – Prinz Family

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Pair of Miniature Torah finials. Austria, possibly Vienna, ca. 1920s-30s.

Silver, turned, stamped, and engraved (marked with Austrian quality marks, in use from 1922).

Finials for a very small Torah scroll, of a design frequently seen among 19th-century Viennese finials. Identical dedicatory inscription (German) engraved on bases of both finials: "Familie Prinz".

Height: 12.5 cm. Diameter at base: 5.5 cm. Good condition. Slight warping.

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Lot 233 Pair of Torah Finials – Silver Filigree – Sittard, The Netherlands, 19th Century

Pair of Torah Finials. Sittard, The Netherlands, 1852-1863.

Silver, cast and turned (one finial marked with Dutch qualit

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Pair of Torah Finials – Silver Filigree – Sittard, The Netherlands, 19th Century

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Pair of Torah Finials. Sittard, The Netherlands, 1852-1863.

Silver, cast and turned (one finial marked with Dutch quality mark, in use from 1814, and second finial marked with different quality mark – a sword – and with maker’s mark, "G. Berg", active in Sittard, ca. 1852 to 1863); filigree.

Elegant pair of Torah finials, decorated in dense silver thread (filigree), in vegetal patterns. Hexagonal bodies, in shape of three-tiered architectonic towers, with "balconies" along the borders of adjacent tiers. Each side bears a window with a niche for a bell. Each finial surmounted by a crown, in turn surmounted by a large sphere. Hexagonal cup-shaped bases, in filigree. Cylindrical shafts.

Two pairs of Torah finials made by this particular silversmith can be found in the collection of the Jewish (Joods Historisch) Museum, Amsterdam (Item Nos. M002616 and M000036).

Height: 39.5 cm. Maximal width: 12.5 cm. Overall good condition. Slight fractures and old soldering repairs. blemishes. Slight corrosion. Some bells not original, and numerous bells missing.

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Lot 234 Pair of Large Torah Finials – Silver Filigree – The Netherlands, Early 20th Century

Pair of Torah Finials. The Netherlands, [early 20th century].

Silver, cast and turned (marked with Dutch quality mark, i

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Pair of Large Torah Finials – Silver Filigree – The Netherlands, Early 20th Century

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Pair of Torah Finials. The Netherlands, [early 20th century].

Silver, cast and turned (marked with Dutch quality mark, in use beginning 1814; and with maker’s mark, probably G. J. van der Bergh Sr., active 1900-35); filigree.

Heavy pair of Torah finials, decorated in dense silver-thread filigree in a vegetal pattern. Hexagonal bodies, in shape of three-tiered tower, with “balconies” separating the individual tiers. Each side of hexagon with window and niche for a bell. At the top of each finial is a crown surmounted by a sphere. Each body with a hexagonal cup-like base adorned in filigree and with bells. Cylindrical shafts.

A Torah crown in filigree and two pairs of Torah finials – all highly reminiscent of the present pair of finials – can be found in the collection of the Jewish (Joods Historisch) Museum, Amsterdam (Item Nos. MB00685, M014232, and MB00285).

Height: 44 cm. Maximal width: 13 cm. Overall good condition. Minor blemishes. Three bells missing. Some of the bells may not be original.

See previous lot.

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Lot 235 Pair of Large Torah Finials – Lisbon, Portugal – Ben-Zaken Family

Pair of Torah finials. Lisbon, Portugal, 1938 or later.

Silver, turned, repoussé, stamped, and engraved (marked w

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Pair of Large Torah Finials – Lisbon, Portugal – Ben-Zaken Family

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Pair of Torah finials. Lisbon, Portugal, 1938 or later.

Silver, turned, repoussé, stamped, and engraved (marked with quality marks from Lisbon, in use beginning January 1938).

Pair of Torah finials, large and massive, with hexagonal bodies tapering upward, adorned with rich vegetal patterns. Each finial surmounted by a dome-like ornament, in turn surmounted by a slender cast ornament modeled after a vegetal subject. The base of each body is a round, cup-like component. Supported on cylindrical shafts, tapering upward. Each in turn supported on a circular base, widening outward. Dedicatory inscription (Hebrew) engraved on both shafts: "To the eternal memory of … his honor Rabbi Moshe ben Zaken ... / from his widow … Luna …".

Chains with large bells at their ends are suspended from each finial.

Height: 35-36 cm. Width: 12 cm. Overall good condition. One shaft shorter than the other. Minor warping and fractures. One missing chain and bell.

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Lot 236 Pair of Torah Finials – Oran, Algeria, 19th century – Ben-Zaken Family – Chaloum Djian, Silversmith

Pair of Torah finials. Oran, Algeria, [second half of the 19th century].

Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked wit

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Pair of Torah Finials – Oran, Algeria, 19th century – Ben-Zaken Family – Chaloum Djian, Silversmith

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Pair of Torah finials. Oran, Algeria, [second half of the 19th century].

Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with French quality marks and silversmith’s maker’s mark, the initials "CD" inside a diamond-shaped frame, and between the two initials, a sailboat = Chaloum Djian); gilt.

Pair of Torah finials, each surmounted by a dome-like "roof", in turn surmounted by a gilt ornament in the shape of a stylized flower bud. The finial bodies are in the form of hexagonal three-tiered towers. Ornaments are pierced into each sides of each hexagon; on the lower and upper tiers, the patterns are vegetal, while in the middle tier there are horseshoe-arch-shaped niches (windows), with, inside them, bells dangling from suspension hooks. Bodies have cup-like bases surmounting cylindrical shafts. Six chains with bells at their ends are suspended from the base of each body.

The silversmith Chaloum Djian is documented as being active in Oran as early as 1857, and he is mentioned in a book on the subject of silversmithing in Algeria and Tunisia: Paul Eudel, "L'orfevrerie Algerienne et Tunisienne", Alger, Typographie & lithographie Adolphe Jourdan, 1902 (French), pp. 407, 409.

Height: 33.5 cm. Width: 7 cm. Good condition. Minor warping. Several suspension hooks and bells may not be original.

For a similar pair of Torah finials created by the same silversmith, see: Kedem, Auction 88, September 6, 2022, Lot 296.

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Lot 237 Pair of Torah Finials – Algeria or Morocco, 19th century – Nahon Family

Pair of Torah finials. North Africa (Algeria or Morocco), [second half of the 19th century].

Silver, pierced and engrave

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Pair of Torah Finials – Algeria or Morocco, 19th century – Nahon Family

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Pair of Torah finials. North Africa (Algeria or Morocco), [second half of the 19th century].

Silver, pierced and engraved (unmarked); gilt.

Pair of large, majestic Torah finials. Finial bodies in gilt. Each body consists of a cup-like base and a hexagonal main section, with panels pierced in vegetal patterns, and with a dozen arched windows with suspension rings for bells at their apices; additional bells hang down from the ends of small chains suspended from the upper border of the body’s base. Ornaments in the form of small, button-like flowers adorn the bottom-middle of each side of each hexagon. Supported on tall, cylindrical shafts. Identical dedicatory inscriptions (Hebrew) are engraved on both finial bodies: "Gift of R. Shemuel / Nahon, may his Rock protect him, for the sake of the [eternal] rest of R. / Yosef, his brother of blessed memory, / and his wife Simcha / … Year ‘this / is the Law’ [Deuteronomy 4:44; in Hebrew, intended as the numerological equivalent of a particular Hebrew year (but unclear to which exact year they refer)]…"

Height: 38.5 to 39 cm. Width: 11 cm. Overall good condition. Most bells of finial bodies missing. Bells suspended from upper borders of bases may not be original.

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Lot 238 Pair of Large Torah Finials – Morocco, 1886 – Margi Family

Pair of Torah finials. [Morocco], dedicatory inscription dated 5646 [1886].

Silver, pierced, repoussé, and engrav

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Pair of Large Torah Finials – Morocco, 1886 – Margi Family

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Pair of Torah finials. [Morocco], dedicatory inscription dated 5646 [1886].

Silver, pierced, repoussé, and engraved (unmarked).

Torah finials inspired by earlier European counterparts, as hexagonal three-tiered architectonic towers, in openwork. Each tier is adorned with arches, "bricks, " and vegetal patterns, and has a Gothic-style tapering arched gate that bears a suspension ring for a bell. In addition, suspension rings for chains and bells are positioned at the corners of the bases of the towers. Each finial is surmounted by a tall bell-shaped dome topped with a small vegetal-styled ornament. Supported on cylindrical shafts with outspread bases, adorned in vegetal patterns. An identical dedicatory inscription (Hebrew) is engraved on both shafts: "Dedicated [‘made holy’] to the Almighty, to the rest of the late Ya’akov ben Margi / may he rest in Eden Year 5646 [1886] / may his soul be bound in the bond of life".

Height: 35 cm. Width: 12 cm. Fair condition. Significant warping. Fractures and soldering repairs. Most chains and bells missing. Suspension rings missing.

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Lot 239 Pair of Silver Torah Finials – Morocco, Late 19th or Early 20th Century

Pair of Torah finials. Morocco, [late 19th or early 20th century].

Silver, cast (unmarked); chased; plastic beads.

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Pair of Torah finials. Morocco, [late 19th or early 20th century].

Silver, cast (unmarked); chased; plastic beads.

Each with a long cylindrical stem, widening towards the bottom. Stems are screwed into the upper section, designed as an openwork vegetal lattice. With suspended chains and spherical pendants adorned with red plastic beads (apparently replacing original coral beads).

Height: 29 cm. Max. width: 7.5 cm. Overall good condition. Some chains and pendants missing or partially missing. One upper section soldered to the stem. Minor bends and blemishes.

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Lot 240 Pair of Torah Finials – Morocco – Amoyal Family

Pair of Torah finials. Morocco, [early 20th century].

Silver, cast, repoussé, pierced, and engraved (unmarked); c

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Pair of Torah Finials – Morocco – Amoyal Family

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Pair of Torah finials. Morocco, [early 20th century].

Silver, cast, repoussé, pierced, and engraved (unmarked); chased.

Six horseshoe-arch-shaped windows are pierced into the sides of each finial, and each window is encircled by engraved vegetal patterns. Each finial bears a dome-shaped cap surmounted by a circle of hooked silver rods. This circle is in turn surmounted by an ornament in the shape of a stylized flower bud. The finials are supported on tall cylindrical shafts, gently tapering upward, with patterns roughly matching those on the bodies, on top of bases that broaden laterally.

Six long chains with cast pendants shaped like fans at their ends dangle from each finial (one chain missing). Dedicatory inscriptions (Hebrew) are engraved onto a band situated between the body and shaft of each finial:
"Freha Amoyal".

Height: 28 cm. Maximal width: 6.5 cm. Overall good condition. Missing chain, ring, and pendant. Slight warping and minor blemishes. Silver band wrapped around base of one shaft, but missing from other shaft.

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