Tulip-shaped on rounded base, presentation inscription in Hebrew: "From Zvi Hirsch Masliansky to Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky" (The Ridva'z). Height: 5 inches.
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 359
AMERICAN SILVER KIDDUSH GOBLET.
Tulip-shaped on rounded base, presentation inscription in Hebrew: "From Zvi Hirsch Masliansky to Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky" (The Ridva'z). Height: 5 inches.
Est: $700 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $900
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Masliansky (1856-1943) often referred to as "HaMatif HaLe'umi" was a popular Yiddish orator who was active in American Zionist affairs. Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (1845-1913), commonly known as the "Ridvaz," held several rabbinical posts including Chief Rabbi of Slutsk, where he appointed R. Isser-Zalman Meltzer as principal. He is renowned for his extensive novellae on the Talmud Yerushalmi which he worked on for many decades.