Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Four Torah Pointers – Izmir, Ottoman Empire
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Four Torah pointers with dedicatory inscriptions to the Bikur Cholim synagogue in Izmir. [Izmir, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), late 19th and early 20th centuries].
Silver, cast and engraved (unmarked).
Four Torah pointers made of long silver rods – some square and some coiled – with a hand and a pointing index finger. Dedications: "Consecrated to the Bikur Cholim community from Mr. Yehoshua Bisri, in memory of his wife Mrs. Dodo, may she rest in Eden[?]" (with a lengthy suspension chain); "With G-d's help, consecrated to the Bikur Cholim community, in memory of the boy who died young Yaakov HaLevi, 14th Cheshvan 5661 [1900]"; "Consecrated to the Bikur Cholim community… Shlomo… and his wife Perliga…" (with suspension chain); "Bikur Cholim community, Yehudah Medini".
Length: 37 to 44 cm. Overall good condition. One pointer may be lacking an ornament at top edge.
Torah Ornaments – Cases, Crowns, Finials, Torah Pointers
Torah Ornaments – Cases, Crowns, Finials, Torah Pointers