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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown, 27.6.1992
The silver gilded Torah Pointer consists of a bar a pointer and a hanger. The bar is divided into upper and lower arms by a globular plain joint. Each part of the arm consist of a fish with an open mouth. A cone shaped joint surmounts the bar and is topped by a bird. It is engorged from the mouth of the fish. The bar terminates with a clenched hand with a straight index finger. It is engorged from the mouth of the fish.
Name/Title
Torah pointer | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1826
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
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Congregation
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
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Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
silver, gildered##Strucure: stamped, cast ##Decoration: stamped, cast## Bonding: screwed##
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
46 mm
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
F | Fish
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Condition
Has undergone restoration and cleaning.
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
There are three hallmarks located on the lower joint. 1. St. Petersberg authority hallmark.
Uses the city hallmark of two crossed anchors and a scepter in an oval frame
2. Figure "84" in a square frame-Russian quality mark in the 18th-19th centuries. Was used in all territory of the Empire including Polalnd. cf. Postuikova-Losseva, M., 1983. p. 148, no. 12. cf. Lileyko p. 88.
3. The hallmark depicts the cyrillic initials M.K. (M.K.) surmounting the cyphre 1826. Assay mark of Mikhail Karpinski of St. Petersburg, active 1825-1838(?). cf. similar to Postnikova-Losseva, p. 178, no. 1165.
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Group
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Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The Odessa Collection
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Wien. Kunsthis Mus. Thora (Ukraine) 1993 (9216), p. 162.
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Full Name
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Documenter
| A.A. (S.H.)
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.