A LARGE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTER, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1860
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December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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A LA🗹RGE ENGLISH SILVER-GILT TORAH POINTEಞR, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1860
the upper part with spiralled ribbons over engraved 🃏running leaves, the lower part engraved with overlapping leaves, cuffed hand terminal with two diamond rings, the tip of the finger also set with a diamond, crown finial with chain
marked below crown
length 12 3/4 in.
32.4 cm
Reuben David Sassoon (1834-1905), to his great-niece and sister-in-law
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), no. 38; to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), no. 38; to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
London, 1887: Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, "The Sassoon Collection of Hebrew Ecclesiastical Art, exhibited by Reuben D. Sassoon Esq." under no. 2036 "Scroll of the Law...silver-gilt pointer, with two diamond rings on the hand and chain", illustrated opposite p. 115.