Auction: Discovery - 2456Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
Polish Silver-gilt Torah Pointer,first half 19th century, probably Breslau or Warsaw, apparently unmarked,cast and chased overall with trailing foliage, lion finial over elaborate cuff, terminating in a pointed hand, (lion possibly of later date),lg. 8 in.
Provenance: Parke-Bernet, lot 40.
Note: For a similar example, see Grafman, Raffi and Vivian B. Mann, Crowning Glory; Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum,, New York, 1996, number 709.
Estimate $2,000-3,000