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Auction 9 · Lot 44
GROUP OF THREE KIDDUSH CUPS. A, B: Poland, ca. 1920. C: Lublin, 1896 - 1908.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
A: Beaker, reinforced lip, engraved with Hebrew dedication inscription and initials within shield. The inscription states: “A sermon gift from Abraham and Shalom Gumpel.” Marked on base. H: 67mm.
B: Smooth beaker, tapering from top, engraved with Hebrew inscription within lozenge: “Elimelech Boeller.”
Marked on base. H: 70mm.
C: Beaker, broadest at flared reinforced lip; enghraved with architectural motifs and Hebrew inscription: “Gershon from Lublin.” Marked on base. H: 55m.
summary
A: Kiddush cups inscribed in this manner were often presented to a young man, on the occasion of a sermon he would preach on the Sabbath celebrating his Bar Mitzvah or prior to his wedding. See Feuchtwanger, No. 225, p. 92