- Object Name:
- Torah Finials
- Artist/Maker:
- M. Sh.
- Place Made:
- Georgia
- Date:
- 1908-10; 1909/10 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: chased and cast
- Dimensions:
- Each: 14 × 4 in. (35.6 × 10.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- The Jewish Museum
- Accession Number:
- JM 2-54a-b
Not On View
One of the Hebrew letters in the year featured in the inscription has been modified so that the year in the inscription reads "1809/10". However, this type of six-sided, tower shafted finials - a distinctive Georgian type - was produced begining in the late 19th century, mainly in Tbilisi -
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.