A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN SILVER TORAH FINIALS (RIMMONIM), MOSES SALKIND, LONDON, 1909 foliate chased, hung with bells and applied with eagles (many pieces lacking), eagle finials, stems engraved in English and Hebrew 41cm high, 918gr (29oz) (2) The English inscription reads: Presented to the Central Synagogue by the Children of the late Mrs Yetta Weinberg. in loving memory 2nd Adar 8th 5670. March 19th 1910. This inscription appears to refer to Yetta, wife of Jacob Weinberg, a waterproof maker; they were both born in Poland, she about 1855, he in 1853. The 1901 Census records them living at 48 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, together with their sons, Lay (21), Barnet (19) and Hyman (15) and daughters, Annie (13) and Lily (11). Mrs Weinberg died in 1906. Jacob Weinberg, who re-married in 1910, was the founder of J. Weinberg & Son, well-known manufacturers of waterproof garments, which, following his death in 1925, was continued by his son, Hyman (Henry). For further information, see Greater Manchester County Record Office (ref. 3165, a collection of photographs and family papers). See 23 lot 411 for another Weinberg item.