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Torah Pointer

Culture: Jewish
Medium: Silver
Place Made: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Dates: ca. 1900
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (31.1 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Markings: On handle: "KW" in oval, another illegible mark.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: L50.26.4
Credit Line: Loaned by Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc.
Image: Overall, L50.26.4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

Catalogue Description: Torah Pointer, silver, handle embossed with foliage, lower shaft tapers to pointed hand, upper shaft in baluster shape with gadrooned knob. Condition: Fair. Some discoloration.

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