Obj. ID: 1196
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah finials , Turkey
The silver Torah finials consist of a shaft,a body and an apex.
The cylindrical tapering shaft is encircled at the bottom by a wide stepped ring and at the top by a wide ring, decorated with a pattern of upside down arches encircling a leaf. The hexagonal two levelled tower-shaped body is mounted over a bowl-shaped base, decorated with leafs. Every facet on each level is decorated with a central bell-shaped window mounted over a girlanda , surmounted by a round trefoil and a leaf on each of the upper corners. An undulating column flanks either side of the facets. The top and base of the columns is a bud shaped capital. The upper and lower part of every facet is decorated with a band of a floral pattern . Both levels terminate with an encircling serrated band of a floral pattern. The upper part of the body is a dome decorated with diagonal grooves. The apex is bud shaped.