Torah Pointer / Yad

Condition:
The entire surface appears matte because of grime firmly adhering to the surface, the corrosion layers are yellowish-brown and blotchy. The index finger is truncated.

Measures:
Removal of surface contamination, removal of corrosion layers.

Required working hours:
3

Costs:
€ 120.-

Hebrew inscription on knob: "This is a gift from R. Itzhak Frankl and his wife, Gittel, may they live."
Probably from the Vienna City Temple or possibly from its predecessor, the prayer house on Dempfingerhof. Presumably, the pointer was brought by a migrant from Bratislava to Vienna.

Image Torah pointer / Yad
Torah pointer / Yad

Bratislava, 1813
Silver
Collection IKG, inv. no. 6496

Photo: © 2008 David Peters
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