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Torah Finials or Rimonim

Medium: Silver
Place Made: North Africa
Dates: ca. 1900
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (25.1 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm)
Markings: Unmarked
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 49.228.6
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Morris W. Haft
Image: Group, 49.228.6a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Pair of silver Torah finials or rimonim. Each with graduated tubular shaft which pierces two concave discs, one smaller than the other. Each disc is hung with a circlet of ball pendants. The shaft is completed by a ball finial. Condition: Good. Some ball pendants missing.

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