Single Torah finial, one of a pair. Ottoman Empire: Turkey? / the Balkans? (Sarajevo?), [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, cast, repoussé and engraved.
Large single Torah finial. Body pineapple-shaped, with four decorative bands, tapering upward. Decorated in high relief with alternating, convex arches, gates, and droplets. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on lower quarter: "Refael Elazar Papo and his brother Nehorai […]"
Height: 27.5 cm. Fractures. Missing knop. Old soldering repairs.
Reference: Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture, item no. 33.