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Torah mantle
Rome, Italy
Early 18th century

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The Corcos Wrapper (mappah) for Torah
Rome, Italy
ca. 1728

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Italian Torah Ornaments


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Torah ark doors from the synagogue of Rabbi Moses Isserles (the Rema)
Kraków, Poland
Early 17th century
Artists: Zalman, Hayim, and Anya(?) Schnitzer and Welwel K.S.
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Pappenheim set of Torah ornaments: finials, shield, and pointer
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Silversmith: Jacob Posen
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Torah crown and finials
Aden, Southern Yemen
Second half of the 19th century

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Tevah (reader's desk)
Sana'a, Yemen
18th century

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Torah pointers
Derbent, Dagestan


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Torah shield
Shekhem (Nablus), Land of Israel
16th century (?)

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Torah shield
Shekhem (Nablus), Land of Israel
16th century (?)

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Torah shield
Shekhem (Nablus), Land of Israel
16th century (?)

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Inscription from Torah ark in the Ben Ezra Synagogue
Fustat (Old Cairo), Egypt
13th century

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Torah mantle and finials
Sefrou, Morocco


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Torah finials
Turkey
19th century

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Torah shield
Turkey
ca. 1865

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Torah shield made out of the back of a mirror
Turkey
Late 19th century

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Torah shield made out of the back of a mirror
Turkey
Late 19th - early 20th century

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Torah shield
Turkey
19th century

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Torah shield
Turkey
19th century

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Crescent-shaped Torah shield
Turkey
ca. 1944

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Torah mantle
Turkey
Late 19th – early 20th century

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Torah case with crown and shield
Turkey
ca. 1874

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Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

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Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

Judaica
Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

Judaica
Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th century

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Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

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Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

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Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

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Torah binder (faša)
Turkey
19th-20th century

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Torah ark curtain embroidered with Eternal Light
Turkey
ca. 1884

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Dedicatory plaques for the synagogue
Ioannina, Greece
18th – early 20th century

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Eternal light for the synagogue
Izmir, Turkey
ca. 1877

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Torah crown and finials
Turkey
ca. 1884

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Italian Torah ornaments


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Torah crown
Venice, Italy
18th century

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Torah finials
Venice, Italy
18th century

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Synagogue eternal light
Italy
ca. 1855

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Synagogue eternal light
Turin, Italy
Early 19th century

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Torah pointer with the coat of arms of the Baraffael Family
Rome, Italy


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Synagogue decoration
Northern Italy


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Basket-shaped Torah crown, finials, and pointer
Vienna, Austria
1857-58

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Torah shield
Vienna, Austria

Silversmith: Reiner
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Torah finials
Vienna, Austria
ca. 1868

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Torah crown
Podvoloczyska, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
ca. 1900

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Torah shield decorated with Torah ark
Poland
ca. 1820

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Torah crown with lions and birds
Poland
ca. 1815

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Torah crown with depiction of animals
Poland (?)
ca. 1797

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Torah shield with a double-headed eagle
Ukraine (?)
18th century

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Torah shield
Ukraine (?)


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Torah shield decorated with Torah Ark
Poland
ca. 1785

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Torah finials
Algeria
ca. 1869
Silversmith: Joseph Mamun
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Torah ark curtain
Prague, Bohemia
ca. 1854

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Torah mantle
Poland
18th century (?)

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Torah crown inlaid with semiprecious stones
Poland
ca. 1729

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Torah crown with vine scrolls
Poland
ca. 1764
Silversmith: Pinhas ben Meir
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Torah crown with eagle, griffins and lions
Poland
ca. 1726
Silversmith: B. Werbtch
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Torah crown decorated with pinecone
Poland
ca. 1841

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Torah finials and pointer
Warsaw, Poland
Mid-18th century, dedicated 1927

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Torah shield with griffins
Poland
18th century

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Torah shield
Warsaw, Poland
Mid-18th century

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Torah finials
Fürth, Germany
18th century

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Torah finials
Augsburg, Germany


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Torah shield decorated with four crowns
Hamburg, Germany
Late 17th century
Silversmith: Tobias Völsch
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Torah shield with the zodiac signs and scenes from Genesis
Augsburg, Germany

Silversmith: Johann Christoph Drentwett (1686–1763)
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Torah shield with depictions of Moses and Aaron
Nuremberg, Germany
Late 17th century
Silversmith: Joh(ann) Leonh(ard) Eyssler (active 1665–1708)
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Torah shield with three medallions
Berlin, Germany

Silversmith: Johann August Gebhardt (1790–1860)
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Torah mantle with depiction of the Tent of Meeting
Southern Germany
18th century

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Torah ark curtain
Mannheim (?) , Germany
ca. 1728

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Torah mantle of the Ner Tamid (Eternal Light) Society
Biebrich, Germany
ca. 1749

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Torah ark decoration with Ten Commandments
Brückenau, Germany
19th century

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Torah case
Yemen
19th century

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Torah finials
Sana'a, Northern Yemen
ca. 1900
Silversmith: Yehudah Giyath
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Torah finials
Sana'a, Northern Yemen
Early 20th century

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Torah finials
Habban, Eastern Yemen
Mid-20th century

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Torah finials
Aden, Southern Yemen
Early 20th century

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Torah finials
Radaa’, Eastern Yemen
Late 19th century (?)

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Torah finials
Yemen
Early 20th century
Silversmith: ‘Azri Giyath
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Torah finials in Yemenite style
Jerusalem
Late 19th - early 20th century

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Kerchief (tallit)
Sana'a, Northern Yemen
Early 20th century

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Torah scroll case and ornaments
Afghanistan
20th century

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Torah scroll case
Persia
ca. 1913

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Torah finials
Kangan, Persia
Late 18th - early 19th century

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Torah finials
Persia
19th century

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Torah finials
Persia
19th century (?)

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Torah finials
Kurdistan
ca. 1929

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Torah finials
Iraqi Kurdistan
ca. 1863

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Torah finials
Persia
ca. 1921

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Torah finials
Iraq
ca. 1742

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Torah finials
Iraq (?)


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Torah finials in paisley leaf shape
Yazd, Persia
ca. 1927

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Synagogue inscription panel
Isfahan, Persia
18th-19th century

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Torah scroll case
Syria
ca. 1923

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Torah scroll case decorated with a palm tree
Egypt
ca. 1903

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Torah scroll case with a red crown
Egypt
ca. 1919

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Torah finials
Cairo, Egypt


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Torah finials
Egypt
Early 20th century

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Torah curtain made from the robe of R. Yeruham Shabbetai Eliashar
Jerusalem
ca. 1921

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Tower-shaped Torah finials
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Second half of the 18th century
Silversmith: probably Willem Hendrik Rosier (1707–1775)
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Tower-shaped Torah finials
Utrecht, Netherlands
Mid-18th century
Silversmith: Samuel Fockenberg II (active 1740–87)
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Torah finials
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Silversmith: Johannes Brouwer (active 1778/1779 – 1796)
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Torah finials
Netherlands
Late 17th - early 18th century
Silversmith: Pieter Van Hoven (?)
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Torah finials of the Ashkenazi congregation of Amsterdam
Netherlands
17th–18th century

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Torah mantle with depictions of Jacob's Dream and the Binding of Isaac
Netherlands
ca. 1763

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Torah ark curtain with the emblem of the Sephardic Jewish Community
Netherlands
17th century

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Synagogue lamp
North Africa
Late 19th century

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Cylindrical Torah scroll case
Tripoli, Libya

Silversmith: Raphael ‘Aton
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Torah crown
Tripoli, Libya


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Torah crown
Gabes, Tunisia
Early 20th century (?)

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Torah crown
North Africa
Early 20th century (?)

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Torah finials
Tripoli, Libya
Late 19th century (?)

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Raccah family Torah scroll case and ornaments
Tripoli, Libya
Early 20th century

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Torah scroll wrapper
Djerba, Tunisia
Late 19th - early 20th century

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Torah finials (tappuhim) made of women’s jewelry
Sefrou, Morocco
Late 19th century

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Torah finials (tappuhim) with horseshoe-shaped windows
Erfoud, תפילאלת, Morocco
Late 19th – early 20th century

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Torah finials (tappuhim) made of women’s jewelry
Assrir, Morocco
Early 20th century

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Lattice-work Torah finial
Demnate, Morocco
Late 19th century

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Lattice-work Torah finial
Tahala, Morocco
Late 19th century

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Torah finials (tappuhim) with horseshoe-shaped windows
Fez or Meknes, Morocco
Late 19th century

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Memorial lamp for the synagogue
Sefrou, Morocco
Early 20th century

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Memorial lamp for the synagogue
Morocco
Early 20th century

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Torah finials (tappuhim) with horseshoe-shaped windows
Fez or Meknes, Morocco
Late 19th century
Silversmiths: Mordecai Attia and Isaac Aravatz (?)
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Torah finials (tappuhim) with horseshoe-shaped windows
Fez or Meknes, Morocco
Late 19th century

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Torah pointer
Yemen
19th century