Torah pointer
Object Details
Date
17th or 18th Century
Medium
silver
Dimensions
4 di (top) x 1 di x 30.1L cm (1 9/16 x 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. )
Collection Object Type
metalwork
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman
Accession Number
1966-3-14
In silver, round shaft with upper half spirally turned, lower half plain. Finial of four curved strips, each with two applied oak leaves, encircling sphere on shaft and capped by small scallop-edged finial with little knob on top. Pointer is right hand with middle finger extended and banding above wrist.
Exhib.: New York, The Jewish Museum, "Ingathering," 17 october 1968 - 5 January, 1969, no. 104
Museum
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