SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVER-GILT FILIGREE TORAH FINIALS, MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVER-GILT FILIGREE TORAH FINIALS, MID 19TH CENTURY
three-tiered hexagonal form hung with bells, chased crown and bud finials, solid staves engraved with tightly scrolling ornament and name P. Salomons Esqr in center
staves with post-1852 Dutch control mark, otherwise apparently unmarked, the engraving on the staves possibly added in England when acquired by Philip Salomons
height 10 3/4 in.
27.4 cm
Philip Salomons (1796-1867), sold at his death to
Reuben David Sassoon (1834-1905), to his great-niece and sister-in-law
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
Reuben David Sassoon (1834-1905), to his great-niece and sister-in-law
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
Probably London, 1887: Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, under "The Sassoon Collection of Hebrew Ecclesiastical Art, exhibited by Reuben D. Sassoon Esq. (the bulk of this Collection was made by the late Philip Salomons, Esq)", no. 2041 "Scroll of the Law... a pair of silver-gilt filigree bells of three tiers hung with small bells surmounted by a crown"
Another pair of very similar Dutch silver-gilt filigree Torah Finials from the Salomons collection also descended in the Sassoon family, sold Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, October 27, 2000, lot 36.