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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1992

The silver Torah Finial consists of a shaft,a body and an apex. The shaft is cylindrical and is supported by a round raised base. The edge of the base is decorated with a floral motif, the central strip is decorated with foliate scrolls, above this strip there is an inscription in square filled letters which reads:

"אליעזר פרידמאן" "Eliezer Friedman"

The connecting point of the base and the body is decorated with upsidedown acanthus leaves and rightside up sections that surround the bottom of the shaft.

The shaft is smooth.##The body is shaped like a crown with six arms shaped like leaves. There is a bell within the crown. The crown is surmounted by an apex shaped like a spread winged bird sitting on an upsidedown lily with a ring in its mouth.

Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1859
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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Unknown
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
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Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Silver, partly gilded##Structure: raised , hammered##Decoration: chased, engraved, cast, punched##Bonding: soldered, screwed.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
262mm (Overall)
180mm (Shaft)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
57mm (Overall)
42mm (Shaft)
127mm (Base)
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
B | Bird
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Condition
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 four hallmarks on the object.##1.Depicts a castle with three towers within a double frame shaped like a shield. This is the city mark for Zhitomir 19th c. c.f.Divis, p.188 Fig.1553. Postnikova-Losseva , p.160 Fig.423-4.
2. The figures 84 in a square frame. Russian quality mark in the 18-19th c. C.f. Postnikova-Losseva, p.148 no.12. Lileyko, p.88.##3. Cyrillic initials:"Ja.D" (in lat.) with the date 1859 under the line in a rectangular frame.
Assayer Davidov Jacov alexevich active 1857-1862. c.f. Postinikova-Losseva, p.160, no.429.##4. Cyrillic initials:"A.D" (in lat.) initials of an unknown artist active in 1859. c.f. Postnikova-Losseva, p.160, no.433.
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Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
From the Kiev collection
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
| P.F. (G.I.) 2.7.1992
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Negative/Photo. No.