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These silver Torah finials are from Corfu and were made between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by an artist whose initials were A.Z. They were used in the Scuola Greca Synagogue, which…
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A.Z.
Places:
Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
Date:
Late 17th–Early 18th Century
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These silver Torah finials with bells adorned a Torah scroll at the consecration ceremony of the Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
New York City, Great Britain (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1730
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This Torah crown from Suriname was made originally in Amsterdam by Evert van Heerdan (active 1644–1683). It is a fine repoussé piece exemplifying the mastery of Dutch silverwork. Inscribed on the…
Contributor:
Evert van Heerdan
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1679