MARK OF JOHANN CONRAD WEISS, NUREMBERG, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN SILVER TORAH POINTER
MARK OF JOHANN CONRAD WEISS, NUREMBERG, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the spiral stem with knops on each end and in the center, with hand-form pointer and suspension chain, marked on upper knop
12 in. (30.5 cm.) long; 5 oz. 160 gr.

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Lot Essay

Another Torah pointer by the same maker, Johann Conrad Weiss, is in the collection of The Jewish Museum, New York, and is illustrated in Rafi Grafman, Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of The Jewish Museum, New York, 1996, illus. p. 292. It is also referenced in Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Band I, Teil I, 2007, p. 439, no. 12, along with other Judaic objects by this maker, including Torah shields, a Chanukah lamp, and a charity box.

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