Urn-shaped, footed tea cup hand painted with gilt, floral and garland motif encircling, bearing Hebrew inscription: “Chag Pesach.”
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 364
CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN PASSOVER CUP
Urn-shaped, footed tea cup hand painted with gilt, floral and garland motif encircling, bearing Hebrew inscription: “Chag Pesach.”
c. 1900
Est: $500 - $700
This Elizabethan-styled cup is a not uncommon design in Judaica. For German, mid-19th century examples similar to the present one, see Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection (1987) no. 229; and Sotheby’s, The Michael & Judy Steinhardt Judaica Collection, April 29th, 2013, Lot 186.