Casimir Ernst Burcky, Torah Finials, Silver: chased, cast, engraved, parcel-gilt, and pierced, 1790-1802; 1814/15 (date of inscription)
Object Name:
Torah Finials
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

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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."

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