Lot 417
Crown for Torah Scroll - Pierced Silver - North Africa
Crown for Torah scroll. [Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia, first half of the 20th century].
Pierced and engraved silver.
This crown has been designed to accompany a Torah scroll case and originally had an opening and closing mechanism (missing). The crown is made of a dozen single plates designed as gates, originally attached to each other with hinges (missing). Each of the gates is decorated with pierced vegetal motifs, and with chiseled line decorations. At the top of each gate is a clover-shaped crown.
Length: 14.5 cm, width: 115 cm. Holes to plate margins (for attaching the hinges). Missing hinges and clasp. All the plates are mounted on a green velvet fabric.
