An almost identical pair of Torah scroll cases, each with a matching pair of finials; both with dedicatory inscriptions for Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen – rabbi of the "Magen David" Congregation of Calcutta – and his wife. Calcutta (today Kolkata), India, dedicatory inscriptions dated 5687-5688 [1927-1928].
Wood, covered in a coat of sheet silver, repoussé, stamped, and engraved (each of the two cases marked on the bottom with the mark of the silversmith "Goopee Nath Dutt & Co., Bhowanipore, Calcutta"); silver, cast, turned and engraved; velvet cloth fabric. Without Torah scrolls.
Two almost identical Torah scroll cases (one slightly taller than the other), with matching ornamentation and decorative elements, each surmounted by a pair of finials. Exteriors covered with a coat of repoussé sheet silver adorned with recurrent vegetal patterns, arranged within ornate medallions. Each case capped with domes surmounted by pear-shaped ornaments, with bells dangling from chains suspended from their upper disks. Upper rims of bodies surmounted by circular tiara-shaped ornaments ("atarot") with a recurrent vegetal pattern. Both domes equipped with a pair of finials with matching vegetal decorative patterns. The finials are all pear-shaped, and capped by low-rising domes, in turn surmounted by conical ornaments at the apices. Interiors of cases coated in dark-blue velvet. The bases forming the bottoms of the cases, like the rest of the bodies, are covered in silver.
The interiors of each of the two cases feature two silver plaques engraved with lengthy dedicatory Hebrew inscriptions, on the flat surfaces of the opposing walls of each dome. Inscribed on the right plaque are verses related to the subject of the Torah: "And this is the teaching which Moses set before the children of Israel" (Deuteronomy 4:44); "These are the statutes, the ordinances, and the laws that the Lord gave between Himself and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses" (Leviticus 26:46). The left plaque of each of the case bears personal inscriptions in memory of a couple, Eliyahu Moshe Dweck and his wife Gracia Dweck HaKohen. The plaque of the shorter case is dedicated to the husband, Eliyahu: "This case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated for the soul of R. Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen who passed away on Shabbat 12th Shevat 1927…"; the plaque of the taller case is dedicated to his wife, Gracia: "This case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated for the soul of Gracia wife of R. Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen, who passed away on Friday 25th Tammuz 1928…".
Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Dweck Hakohen was the scion of a renowned rabbinic family from Aram Tzova (Haleb or Aleppo, Syria) who presided over Calcutta’s "Magen David" congregation for over 50 years. Among other things, he served as editor of "Perach, " a magazine that was the mouthpiece for the Calcuttan Jewish community originating from Baghdad. In 1881, he set up his own Hebrew printing house in Calcutta. Eliyahu Dweck was the son of rabbi Moshe ben Shim’on, one of the founders of the Iraqi-Syrian Jewish community in Calcutta in the 19th century (see a parokhet with a plaque bearing a memorial inscription dedicated to Moshe Shim’on Dweck Hakohen: Sotheby’s, New York, Steinhardt Collection, April 29, 2013, Item no. 337).

Height of shorter Torah case: 83.5 cm (finials: 17 cm); Height of taller Torah case: 86 cm (finials: 21 cm); diameter of both cases: 26 cm. Overall good condition. Minor tears to velvet cloth.