Tulip-shaped on rounded base, presentation inscription in Hebrew: "From Zvi Hirsch Masliansky to Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky" (The Ridva'z). Height: 5 inches.

AMERICAN SILVER KIDDUSH GOBLET.

Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Masliansky (1856-1943) often referred to as "HaMatif HaLe'umi" was a popular Yiddish orator who was active in American Zionist affairs. Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (1845-1913), commonly known as the "Ridvaz," held several rabbinical posts including Chief Rabbi of Slutsk, where he appointed R. Isser-Zalman Meltzer as principal. He is renowned for his extensive novellae on the Talmud Yerushalmi which he worked on for many decades.