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Item ID | 2076 | |||
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Accession Number | 97.35 a-b |  |
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Category | Jewish Life -- Synagogue and Communal Life | |
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Category | Jewish Art -- Sculpture | |
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Item Type | Torah Finials | |
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Title | Torah finials | |
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Ludwig Wolpert, 1900-1981 | |
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Creation Place | USA, New York | |
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Date Created | 20th Century | |
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Physical Description | Silver Torah finials; openwork design; cylindrical shafts; orbs formed formed from curving narrow bands; openwork cut-out letters; silver bell with clapper suspended inside orb. | |
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Description | Silver Torah finials surmounted by crowns, with bells for sound production, inscribed with the Hebrew words, "mi-tziyon tetze torah" (Out of Zion the Torah comes forth; Isaiah 2:3: מציון תצא תורה); by German-born American sculptor of Jewish ritual objects, Ludwig Wolpert (1900-1981). | |
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Medium | silver | |
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Signature/Mark | At base of shaft: sterling, Wolpert | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=2076 | |
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4708967147/ | |||
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Link to related content | http://soundcloud.com/magnes/97-35 |
