A GERMAN SILVER SABBATH KIDDUSH GOBLET.
AUCTION 56 |
Thursday, December 06th,
2012 at 1:00
Magnificent Judaica: From the Collection of the Jewish Historial Society of England
Lot 2
A GERMAN SILVER SABBATH KIDDUSH GOBLET.
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,000
Augsburg, 1765-67.
Silver, repoussé and engraved. Octagonal bowl chased with flowers, rocailles, grapes and half-fluting set on hexagonal baluster stem on domed base. Engraved along the edge of bowl with Hebrew inscription, a combination of two verses from Exodus 20:8 and Deut. 5:11: “Remember and Observe the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy.”
Marks: City mark (Rosenberg 267) and maker’s mark T and D (indistinct) on base and bowl.
Height: 5 inches (13 cm). Diameter of base: 2 3/8 inches (6.4 cm).
Arthur Grimwade, Catalogue of the JHSE Collection, no. 65 (54).
For a similar goblet produced by Hieronymus Mittnacht, see R.D. Barnett, Catalogue of the Jewish Museum London (1974) p. 76 no. 395 plate CXV and Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art p. 286 no. 195.