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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1988

The silver rimon consists of a shaft, a body, a head, and an apex.

The shaft is undulating and it stems from a raised round base. It is decorated at the bottom with foliate pattern. In the middle, it has a grooved ring. It is toped by a capital which is decorated with a foliate pattern. The base is decorated by two bands. The lower one is decorated with a floral pattern, the upper one bears a geometric pattern. The body consists of a concave, upward-broadening body base and a domical upper part. The base is decorated by a foliate pattern, while the upper part has an openwork design composed of medallions encircling a leave. There are five bell-arms in the shape of a sea horse applied to the upper part's rim.

The head consists of a concave neck surmounted by a domical part. The apex is a globe.

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Name/Title
Torah finials | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
after 1867
Active dates
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Artist/ Maker
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Origin
Historical Origin
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Congregation
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School/Style
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Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
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Material / Technique
Silver ## Spun ## Repousse, openwork, punched and engraved## Soldered
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
323 mm (Overall), 160 mm (Shaft)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
114 mm (Body), 105 mm (Shaft)
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
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
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
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Type
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Negative/Photo. No.
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