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Torah Finial

Culture: Jewish
Medium: Silver
Place Made: Vienna, Austria
Dates: 1807
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (34.3 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
Markings: Illegible marks on foot.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: L50.26.6
Credit Line: Loaned by Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc.
Image: Overall, L50.26.6_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Single Torah finial, silver, lyre finial surmounts openwork, crown shaft, four-pendant bells, beaded decoration on panels of crown and shaft, shaft engraved with foliage and palmettes, similar engraved decoration on foot. Condition: Fair. Two bells missing.

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