- Object Name:
- Torah Finials
- Artist/Maker:
- Casimir Ernst Burcky
- Bio:
- c. 1744-1828, active from c. 1790
- Place Made:
- Berlin (Germany)
- Date:
- 1790-1802; 1814/15 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: chased, cast, engraved, parcel-gilt, and pierced
- Dimensions:
- Each: 14 3/4 × 4 7/8 in. (37.5 × 12.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Danzig Jewish Community
- Accession Number:
- D 179a-b
Not On View
The Hebrew inscription reads "Made from the funds of the Burial Society for Visiting the Sick, of the holy congregation of Weinberg, by the "gabbai" Sender son of S."
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.