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Miniature Torah scroll with rollers, probably England, 1765
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The Jewish Museum, London
London, United Kingdom
Miniature Torah scroll with silver rollers surmounted by fixed rimmonim. The handles are chased with gilt palm leaves. The upper plates decorated with applied laurel wreaths set with small diamonds and surmounted by fixed Rimmonim formed as vases of flowers with gold leaves and diamond set blossom and pearl berries. With russet coloured mantle trimmed with gold braid.Hebrew inscription on base plates dates it to 1765.
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- Title: Miniature Torah scroll with rollers, probably England, 1765
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1765
- Location Created: Probably England
- object number: JM 20
- Physical Dimensions: h254 mm
- Credit Line: Acquired with the assistance of Sir Harold Samuel, 1961
- Type: Torah scroll
- Rights: Digital image: Jewish Museum London
- External Link: http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/search-our-collections-new?adlibid=8505&offset=0
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