Faceted beaker, bottom engraved with star, on front: engraved depiction of Synagogue, labelled in German; on back, in German, “Souvenir from Leipa, Bohemia.” H: 135mm.
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 332
RUBY GLASS BEAKER
Bohemia, late 19th century
Faceted beaker, bottom engraved with star, on front: engraved depiction of Synagogue, labelled in German; on back, in German, “Souvenir from Leipa, Bohemia.” H: 135mm.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Leipa, also known as Ceska-Lipa, is a town in Northern Boehmia which recorded its first Jewish residents in 1562. In 1862, a new synagogue was built; at the time, over 100 Jewish families lived there.