Pieter van Hoven
Torah Pointer

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Torah Pointer
Date1707
MediumSilver
Dimensions11/16 × 13 3/8 × 1 1/16 in. (1.8 × 33.9 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Barbara Kaplan in memory of Baruch Zeger
Object number2023.617
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceAbraham Halpern (1936-2017), New York City; [The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure Part III, 14 December 2023, Lot 141]; MFAH.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
Maker's marks on shaft

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