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Pair of Rimmonim (Torah Finials)

Pair of Rimmonim (Torah Finials)

Ritual ImplementsBritish19th century

Pair of Rimmonim (Torah Finials)

1806-1807

Artists

Maker's mark IT in rectangle, possibly for James TrenderArtist

Description

On cylindrical stems applied with gilt borders roulette-decorated with trailing flowers, rising to flat knops applied with radiating calices and pineapples issuing from leaves, each with two six-branch canopies hung with bells and surmounted by pineapple finials

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Silver, parcel-gilt

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

21.9 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm (8 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) 383 g

Provenance

Mrs A. Summers, London, sold [through Sotheby's London, 1971, lot 54]. David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.

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