Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ART NOUVEAU SILVER TORAH FINIALS, I.D. PROKOFIEV, MOSCOW, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ART NOUVEAU SILVER TORAH FINIALS, I.D. PROKOFIEV, MOSCOW, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
pomegranate-form body, lightly engraved Art Nouveau style foliage, on frosted ground, staves with beaded base rims, missing tips
each marked with standard and maker’s mark on stave, body, and finial
height 11 in.
27.9 cm
Sotheby's, 174A sale 3108
A similar pair is illustrated in Jay Weinstein, A Collector’s Guide to Judaica, 1985, p. 89, no. 97.