Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)

© Sotheby’s Picture Library

Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Torah finials (rimmonim)

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Torah finials (rimmonim),

1783–4

Hester Bateman, 1709–1794; born and died London, England
2024-45 a-b

Information

Title
Torah finials (rimmonim)
Dates

1783–4

Maker
Hester Bateman
Medium
Silver, repoussé, cast, and engraved
Dimensions
(a) h. 39.5 × diam. 15.6 cm (15 9/16 × 6 1/8 in.) (b) h. 41 × diam. 16 cm (16 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Surdna Fund
Object Number
2024-45 a-b
Place Made

Europe, United Kingdom, London

Marks/Labels/Seals
marked by Thomas Evans & Jacob Levi, London
Culture
British
Type
silver
Subject
metalwork, Judaica, Neoclassical

1783 Passed from Hester Bateman workshop (London) to the New Synagogue (Daniel’s Row, Portsmouth), probably through Reb Leib Aleph
1789 Passed to the Old Synagogue (Queen Street and White’s Row, Portsmouth)
1936 Moved to the new building of the Congregation (Thicket House, Southsea)
By descent with the Portsmouth and Southsea Congregation to the present
December 2023 by purchase (Sotheby’s, Private Sale) Princeton University Art Museum

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