Obj. ID: 4958
  Sacred and Ritual Torah finials, Habsburg Monarchy, 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 decorated at its bottom by a band of buds and leaves and at center 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 body's center carrying pomegranates and pear-formed bells. The collar is decorated with a vertical geometrical pattern and with a foliate band. Three chains hang from the center of the collar carrying bells. The crown head is decorated with a 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
Translation: Gift of the Holy Congregation of Ferrara for the exaltation of the soul of dc.Renzo Bonfiglioli (5)664(1904)-(5)724(1964)!