23 THE SALOMON S-SASSOON EVANS& LEVI T ORAH FINIALS Interior of a Synagogue in Portsmouth PROPERTY FROM A LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK COLLECTIONA RARE PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL ENGLI SHPARCEL-GILT SILVER TORAH FINIALS,PROBABLY MADE IN THE WORKSHOPS OFHESTER BATEMAN, MARKED BY THOM ASEVANS & JACOB LEVI, LONDON, 1784of vase shape, chased with bands of overlapping stiff leaves an dwith applied oval flowerheads below the fluted and matted col lar,all with narrow beaded borders, applied with three rows of flut edbells, totalling sixteen on each finial, each bell suspended in a l oopof husks spreading from forked foliate scrolls, raised open cor onetfinials, the staves with traces of engraving: ‘Philip Salomons Es q,’marked on staves and on 23 bells17in., Reuben David Sassoon (1834-1905), after his death separatedfrom the bulk of his collection (which passed to his sister-in-law, Flora Sassoon (1856-1936)) and possibly presented to theUnited Synagogue, London, where they were until the middleof the 20th centuryS.J. Phillips, LondonEXHIBITEDAnglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1887LITERATUREJoseph Jacobs and Lucien Wolf, compilers, illustrations byFrank Haes, Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition,Royal Albert Hall, London, 1887, Edition de Luxe, London, 1888,p. 43.2cm.high71oz., 2208gr.129, no.2039, illustrated between pp.88 and 89, part of‘The Sassoon Collection of Hebrew Ecclesiastical Art lent byReuben D. Sassoon, Esq.(The bulk of this Collection was madeby the late Philip Salomons, Esq.)’ PROVENANCEPossibly originally the Portsmouth Synagogue or a privateindividual affiliated with that synagoguePhilip Joseph Salomons (1796-1867), after his death to ‡ £ 150,000-250,000 Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s premium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right90 (which will depend on the individual circumstances).Refer to the Buy ing at Auction and VAT sections at the back of this catalogue for further information.