MARKED WITH THE IMPERIAL TUGRA OF ABDÜLMECID (1839-1861) AND ALSO STRUCK WITH THE OTTOMAN SAH MARK USED FROM 1839 TILL 1909, CIRCA 1850

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AN OTTOMAN SILVER RIMMON (one out of two)
Marked with the Imperial Tugra of Abdülmecid (1839-1861) and also struck with the Ottoman Sah mark used from 1839 till 1909, circa 1850
Set on flat beaded footrim with the domed centre plain tapering stem with corded geometrical band, the stem inscribed in Hebrew with three owners' names: Shime'on Bekhor Naftali; Moshe Imanu'el and Ya'akov Almosninos, the bombé spreading body with 12 foliate panels, supporting 12 arches with plain centres, the open worked domed top decorated similarly, the star and crescent finial on floral ornament
34.5cm. high
marked on footrim, lower part of stem, crescent and star and on three other detachable parts
530gr.

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Grafman, Rafi, Crowning Glory, Silver Torah ornaments, of the Jewish Museum, New York, 1996, No. 412-420 (It is interesting to note that eight out of nine Ottoman Torah finials registered by Grafman are only one out of two)
Kürkman, Garo, Ottoman Silver marks, Istanbul, 1966, p. 46, No. 31 and p. 55, No. 101/1

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