Obj. ID: 4958
Sacred and Ritual Objects  Torah finials, 1850-1925?

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 decorated with an overturned row of petals. The shaft is decorated with various rows of geometrical and foliate patterns. ##The shaft bears an inscription. The body has a globular shape and the main section is surmounted by a convex collar. It is is decorated at its bottom by a band of buds and leaves and at centre by an openwork band of leaves. The upper part of the body bears a band of buds and gilt leaves. ##Six chains hang from the center of the body carrying pomegranates and peariform bells. The collar is decorated with a vertical geometrical pattern and with a foliate band. Three chains hang from the centre of the collar carrying bells. The crown head is decorated with foliate openwork pattern.##The globular apex is mounted over the head. The inscription is engraved on the base shaft in linear characters: נדבת ק!ק)קהלת קודש(פירארה לע!נ)לעילוי נשמת(ד!ר רינצו בונפיליולי תרס!ד-תשכ!ד !Gift of the Holy Congregation of Ferrara for the exaltation of the soul of dc.Renzo Bonfiglioli (5)664(1904)-(5)724(1964)!