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"האשה מ' )מרת( זאפיע פאללאק געבארבע באבעלע" "שנת ברכות ל)לפ"ק("

The silver Torah finial consists of a base, a shaft, a body, a head and an apex.

The round and stepped base is decorated with a band of alternating flowers and scrolls. A dedicatory inscription in square filled letters appears on the rim of the upper base, reading from one of the finials to the other, as follows: "The woman Mrs. Sofie Pollak Geborbeh [Geborne?] Bobeleh?". It continues on the second finial: " A year of blessings((5)628=1868)" The undulating shaft is composed of two compressed globular units decorated with alternating flowers and scrolls. It is topped by a compressed plain unit with a groove in its centre. The body is composed of an upside down cut cone unit surmounted by a hemisphere.The lower part is decorated with a whorl of leaves bearing circles radiating upwards. Its upper rim bears five bells inserted through loops. The upper part of the body is decorated with openworked medallions containing opened flowers alternating with vertical bands with circles The shape of the head is similar to the body and decorated with a foliate pattern. It bears four bells inserted through loops. The apex is in the shape of a crown composed of eight arms decorated with dots. The apex is set over a plain concave unit and topped by a sphere.