Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Torah Crown – Timișoara, Ca. 1820
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).
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields