A fine German silver Kiddush cup
A fine German silver Kiddush cup

MAKER'S MARK OF HIERONYMUS MITTNACHT (ROSENBERG NR. 263 AND NR. 915), AUGSBURG, 1761-63

细节
A fine German silver Kiddush cup
Maker's mark of Hieronymus Mittnacht (Rosenberg nr. 263 and nr. 915), Augsburg, 1761-63
Set on a stepped domed circular base with scalloped rim, embossed and chased with a rocaille ornament and fluting, a facetted knopped stem, the octagonal tulip-shaped bowl chased with part fluting beneath a flower-head and rocaille border, inscribed in Hebrew along the slightly spreading lip: Zakhor et Yom ha-Shabbat le-Kadsho.
12.2cm. (4 3n.) high
116gr.
出版
Chaya Benjamin, The Stieglitz Collection, Masterpieces of Jewish Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987, p. 286, nr. 195 (for similar Kiddush cup by the same maker, illustrated).

拍品专文

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