- Object Name:
- Torah Finials
- Place Made:
- Jerusalem (Israel)
- Date:
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Medium:
- Silver: chased and cast
- Dimensions:
- a: 8 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (22.2 × 8 cm) b: 9 × 3 1/8 in. (22.8 × 8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Nathan and Bluma Polmer
- Accession Number:
- 1989-145a-b
Not On View
These finials belong to a very specific group of Judaica from Jerusalem. The entire group appears to have been made by "Mughrabi" and other smiths in Jerusalem c. 1900, particularly for the tourist trade. Examples even found their way to communities in North Africa, probably in the hands of Jewish pilgrims.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.