Torah Finials

These silver Torah finials are from Corfu and were made between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by an artist whose initials were A.Z. They were used in the Scuola Greca synagogue, which served Corfu’s Romaniote Jewish community. Raised vines, chased (delicately hammered from the front of the metal to refine the design), run the length of these opulently decorated finials.