Torah Finials

Pieter van Hoven

17th or 18th Century

Pair of finials with crowns of bells on branches.
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Pieter van Hoven

1653–1735

Silversmith Pieter van Hoven was born in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He produced many ceremonial objects for the Jewish community of Amsterdam in the early eighteenth century.

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