Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection

Two Pairs of Miniature Torah Finials

Opening: $250
Unsold
Two pairs of Torah finials. Israel, [ca. mid-20th century].
Silver, cast; silver thread and granulation.
1. Body decorated with tiny silver spherules, and placed at the center of an ornament in the shape of the calyx of a flower, from which bells are suspended. Possibly made by a silversmith of a Yemenite origin. Height: 14 cm.
2. Finial bodies and shafts decorated with widthwise bands of silver thread. Chains with bells suspended from bodies. Height: 11.5 cm. Warping. Missing ornaments (?). Missing chains and bells.
Palestine
Palestine