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Item ID | 1856 | |||
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Accession Number | 77.333 a-b |  |
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Category | Jewish Life -- Synagogue and Communal Life | |
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Item Type | Torah Finials | |
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Title | Torah finials | |
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Author/Creator |  |
O. Fini | |
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| · Author/Creator Role | silversmith | |
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Creation Place | Italy, Livorno | |
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Date Created | 1837 | |
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Physical Description | Three-tiered silver and gilt-silver finials. Round shaft with decorated circlets near bottom resting on flat base with leaf motif decoration near edge; body rising on flattened bulb-shaped cup with ribbon, leaf, and rose motif; two-tiered tapering body. Inner silver shaft with decorated niches behind columns in lower tier. Lower tier with gilded ornaments between columns, including depictions of hands, angels, tablets; lamp; flame; vestment; shield; candelabrum; and inscriptions in Hebrew characters. Upper tier with hanging decorative drops in front of niches in the center shaft; spire with embossed roses. Gilt finial composed of stemmed roses and leaves above round bulb; center circlet at bottom of lower tier with rings for seven chains with bells (some missing). Three stamps (unidentifed) near edge of base. | |
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Description | Torah finials with architetural and floral motifs at top, depictions of various Jewish ritual objects pertaining to the Temple of Jerusalem, and bells for sound production. Lower tier includes depictions of hands spread in the priestly blessing position; the Ark of the Covenant with cherubs and the inscription, "Shadai" (שדי) in Hebrew characters; the Tablets of the Law with the Decalogue; a hanging lamp (possibly a "ner tamid"); a burning flame; a priestly vestment inscribed "me'il" (מעיל) in Hebrew characters; a decorative shield; and a seven-branched candelabrum (menorah). Finials were purchased in Tunisia. | |
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Medium | silver, brass | |
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Signature/Mark | O. Fini | |
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Script | Hebrew | |
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Language | Hebrew | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=1856 | |
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4709610806/ | |||
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Link to related content | https://soundcloud.com/magnes/77-333 |
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