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Auction 5 · Lot 347

EXCEPTIONAL BOHEMIAN CUT GLASS COVERED GOBLET.

Estimate
$3,500–$4,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Description

Engraved with the well known image of Herzl overlooking Basle superimposed against a large sun-burst. Set against Jerusalem’s Citadel of David. Also incorporates Herzl’s famous pronouncement: “If You Will It, it is No Dream.” (Hebrew). Set on double knop on domed circular base. Prominent cover with urn finial. H: 280 mm

summary

For a similar, though somewhat less august example, see Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, Judaica, 29th September 1994, lot 172
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