RUSSIAN SILVER CHASSIDIC WINE DECANTER.
AUCTION 64 |
Thursday, March 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art
Lot 323
RUSSIAN SILVER CHASSIDIC WINE DECANTER.
c. 1879
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Provenance: Family Rabinowitz, descendents of the Munkatch Chassidic dynasty.
It is customary for a Chassid to bestow offerings to his Rebbe, hence this decanter was likely gifted to Grand Rabbi Shlomo Spira of Munkacs (the Shem Shlomo) as part of his Purim mishloach manos, with the hope that the Rebbe would use the decanter during the course of his Purim celebration.