Torah pointer (yad)

part of the collection
Torah scrolls, Torah crowns, shields, cloths, yads in the POLIN museum collection

Silver yad with a handle divided into three parts. Two outer ones are made in filigree work (goldsmithing technique consisting in decorating the object with thin wires arranged in an openwork mesh); the central one is plain, with an overlay in the form of a five-petal flower with two leaves. The pointer ends with a tridimensional palm of a hand with an extended, ringed index finger. The end of the handle is finished with a filigree, flattened knob with a lion standing on its hind leg, with its head turned backwards.

Donated by Joanna Baczała.

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Information about the object
Organization/label
unknown
Object type
handicrafts
Time of creation/dating
2nd half of the 19th century ?
Place of creation
Moscow (Russia)
Technique
embossing
bending
cutting
soldering
cast
fine detail finishing
polishing
filigree
repoussage
punching
Material
silver
Keywords
Judaism
Copyrights status
the object is not protected by copyright law
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M125