RUSSIAN SILVER CHASSIDIC WINE DECANTER.

c. 1879

Elegant spherical wine decanter, embellished with engraved, geometric patterning featuring architectural vignettes bearing Hebrew dedicatory inscription: “A momento from Avrohom Yaakov ben Chaya Toiba, 14th Adar, 1880.” With: Silver, cork-bottom bottle stopper. Marked (assay date: 1879). Height: 10.75 inches.

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.