Pair of Latvian Torah finials (rimmonim)
Silversmith: Kelzings, Kristofers
A very rare pair of Torah finials, chased and engraved, hung with bells and surmounted by a crown. Kelzings, as his name implies, was one of the large German population in Bauska (in German, Bauske) in the eighteenth century, which would account for the German appearance and form of these rimmonim. In addition to Germans, Bauska also had a large Jewish population which by the nineteenth century had grown to be 50% of the population.
History note: Collection of Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. (1784-1885) for use in his private synagogue in Ramsgate, Kent.
Lent by The Montefiore Collections, London
Height: 30 cm
Method of acquisition: Loan (2014) by Montefiore Endowment
18th Century
C.
1720
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C.
1730
Accession number: AAL.8A & B-2014
Primary reference Number: 208706
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