Lot 4
Torah Scroll and a Pair of Silver Torah Finials - Morocco, 19/20th Century
Torah scroll and a pair of silver Torah finials:
1. Torah scroll. Sephardic script. [Morocco, second half of the 19th century].
Parchment height: approx. 50 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Two detached membranes. A few marginal tears, not affecting text. Damage to rollers; fractures with loss.
2. Silver finials with horseshoe arch windows. Morocco, second or third quarter of the 20th century.
Silver (marked); cast, engraved and chased.
Finials of hexagonal tower form, with horseshoe-arch aperture hung with bell in each facet. Topped by a hexagonal dome and surmounted by baluster form finial with rounded silver arms at its base. Engraved and chased with scrolling and symmetric patterns. Hexagonal shaft with identical decorative patterns.
Height: 38 cm. Good condition. Lacking bells. Bends. Several of the lacking bells enclosed.
