Pair of Torah Finials
Artist
Hester Bateman
British, 1708–1794
Artist
Thomas Evans
British
Artist
Jacob Levi
British
Date1784
MediumSilver
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth (Each finial): 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 17 in., 2.2 lb. (15.9 × 15.9 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LinePurchased in memory of Hannah P. and B. Elmo Scoggin with funds from the bequest of Hannah P. Scoggin and the Judaic Art Fund
Object number2021.22/a-b
On View
On viewNorth Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection," (Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Museum of Art, 2024), illus. (color) 139.
Gabrielle Anna Berlinger and Ruth von Bernuth, editors, The Lives of Jewish Things: Collecting and Curating Material Culture (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2025), 210.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–June 27, 2023.
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800," October 1, 2023-January 7, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, March 30-July 1, 2024.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," June 16, 2025-present. Object Rights Statement
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Unidentified workshop, associated with Hoaching
Case: circa 1860 or earlier; finials and pointer: probably later
