Bidspirit auction | A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF SILVER

A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS FROM THE FURMAN COLLECTION FEATURED IN THE BOOK TREASURES - A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS FROM THE FURMAN COLLECTION FEATURED IN THE BOOK TREASURES OF JEWISH ART. In Dutch style. Of octagonal form with four graduated tiers of bells hung from draped shaped galleries. Decorated with applied shells, flowers and rococo ornaments. With applied Hebrew lettering reading CROWN OF THE TORAH.A similar pair of torah finials were exhibited in Synagoga Judische Altertumer Handschriften und Kultger Ure. Frankfurt Au Main 1961. Bearing the spurious marks of Arnoldus van Geffen (1728 - 1769). Featured in Sotheby’s New York, December 12, 2000, Property formerly in the Furman collection. Lot 43 and Sotheby’s New York June 2019, lot 77. Featured in the book TREASURES OF JEWISH ART THE FURMAN COLLECTION. Pages 28 - 29.