JUDAICA:- AN UNUSUAL AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER AND BONE TORAH POINTER, YAD
STRUCK ONLY WITH A "13" STANDARD MARK, MID-19TH CENTURY
The bone central section carved with four owls symbolising wisdom, each with coloured glass eyes, the vase-shaped top with floral band, with two rings to take a chain, the silver lower section terminating in a hand with extended finger and inscribed in Hebrew Verzos Hatorah Asher Sahm Moshe Lifnei B'nei Yisroel
16½ in. long (42 cm.)
JUDAICA:- AN UNUSUAL AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER AND BONE TORAH POINTER, YAD
STRUCK ONLY WITH A "13" STANDARD MARK, MID-19TH CENTURY
The bone central section carved with four owls symbolising wisdom, each with coloured glass eyes, the vase-shaped top with floral band, with two rings to take a chain, the silver lower section terminating in a hand with extended finger and inscribed in Hebrew Verzos Hatorah Asher Sahm Moshe Lifnei B'nei Yisroel
16½ in. long (42 cm.)
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