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Pair of Torah finials
Abraham Lopes de Oliveyra (1657 – 1750)
1729
Medium/Technique
Silver, parcel gilt
Dimensions
45.1 × 15.2 × 14 cm (17 3/4 × 6 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Jointly owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Jewish Museum, New York—Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour and Mildred Weissman Estate Fund
Accession Number2023.452.1-2
CollectionsJudaica
ClassificationsRitual objects
InscriptionsSilversmith’s mark: (A O), city, year, and silver standard
ProvenanceAbout the first quarter of the 20th century, Morris (Max) Schultz (b. 1877 – d. 1930) and Millie Haffkin Schultz (b. 1891 – d. 1980), London [see note]; by descent within the family to their grandson, Robert Shields, Cambridge, England; about 2000, sold by Robert Shields to Bernard Finkelstein (b. 1934 – d. 2002), Antwerp; 2002, by inheritance to his son, Gideon Finkelstein, Antwerp; 2023, sold by Gideon Finkelstein to the Jewish Museum, New York and the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2023)
NOTE: According to information provided by Robert Shields, Morris and Millie Schultz inherited the finials from their parents, both sets of whom settled in London around 1900
NOTE: According to information provided by Robert Shields, Morris and Millie Schultz inherited the finials from their parents, both sets of whom settled in London around 1900