Pair of Torah finials
Edward Aldridge
(first mark 1724, died by 1766)
1764
Medium/TechniqueSilver, gilded silver
DimensionsOverall: 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in.)
Credit LineJetskalina H. Phillips Fund
Accession number2019.635.1-2
On View
On viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
Provenance19th century, Philip Salomons (b. 1796 – d. 1867), London and Hove, England. Probably late 1860s/1870s, acquired by the Central Synagogue, London [see note]; June 5, 2019, consigned by the Central Synagogue to Sotheby’s, New York (Important Judaica), lot 3, sold to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)
NOTE: The Central Synagogue found a site for its new building in 1866, and funds were committed beginning in 1868. It probably purchased the finials after Salomons’s death.
NOTE: The Central Synagogue found a site for its new building in 1866, and funds were committed beginning in 1868. It probably purchased the finials after Salomons’s death.
about 1300-1350 and 1541
about 1410–20
19th century
19th century
