Pieter van Hoven
Torah Pointer

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Torah Pointer
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MakerDutch, 1653–1735
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Torah Pointer
Date1707
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm) length
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2023.617
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
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Pair of Torah Finials
Charles Hougham
Pair of Torah Finials
1790
Sterling silver and silver-gilt
2022.227.A,.B
Torah Pointer
Torah Pointer
mid-19th century
Silver and niello
2023.20
Torah Pointer
Earl Krentzin
Torah Pointer
1957
Silver and walnut
2023.203
Image courtesy of Sotheby's New York.
Johann Friedrich Ehe
Kiddush Cup
1789–93
Silver
2023.22
Torah Crown
Torah Crown
mid 18th century
Silver and silver-gilt
2022.228
Overall
Acanthus Torah Finials
late 19th–early 20th century
Silver gilt
2023.606.A,.B
Torah Finial
Torah Finial
c. 1830-1840
Silver and silver-gilt
2023.31
Torah Crown
Torah Crown
Late 18th-early 19th century
Silver, silver-gilt and paste stones
2023.30
Pair of Torah Finials
Georg Zeiller
Pair of Torah Finials
1825
Silver and silver-gilt
2023.29.2.A,.B
Torah Finials
Hendrik Kramer
Torah Finials
1756
Silver and silver-gilt
2023.35.A,.B
Torah Finials
Torah Finials
Second half of 19th century
Silver, gilding, turquoise and red semi-precious stones
2023.33.A,.B
Torah Shield
Georg Zeiller
Torah Shield
1825
Silver-gilt
2023.29.1