Pair of Torah finials. Rome, Italy, 19th century (post-1815).

Silver, cast, pierced and stamped (marked with Rome city marks, in use from 1815 onward; and maker’s mark of Stefano Fedeli, active in Rome 1815-1870).

Pair of Torah finials, with cylindrical bodies and broad, round bases, from which bells are suspended. Decorated with openwork vegetal motifs and leaf-shaped ornaments mounted with screws.

Each finial is topped with five flower-shaped elements from which pomegranate-shaped pendants are suspended, surmounted by a domed ornament with a spherical finial decorated with leaf and fruit motifs. Set on tall cylindrical shafts.

Height: 34.5 cm, max. Width: 13 cm. Overall good condition.

Another pair of finials by Stefano Fedeli, dated 1825, is held by the Jewish Museum of Rome. See: Dora Liscia Bemporad and Davide Spagnoletto, eds., Consacrati al Signore. Argenti del Museo Ebraico di Roma, Livorno: Sillabe, 2024, p. 119 (no. I.28).