JUDAICA:- A GERMAN SILVER-GILT HISTORISMUS PINEAPPLE CUP OF 17TH CENTURY STYLE
HANAU, CIRCA 1900
With Hebrew inscription calling it the cup of the prophet Elijah, used in the Passover festival, the stem fashioned as a tree trunk with an axe-man climbing it; together with a 19th century Austrian silver lobed cup and cover loosely based on a 17th century design with Hebrew inscription indicating use as a kiddush cup and with later French import marks for 1864/93
First cup 15 in. (38 cm.) high
31 oz. (976 gm.)
JUDAICA:- A GERMAN SILVER-GILT HISTORISMUS PINEAPPLE CUP OF 17TH CENTURY STYLE
HANAU, CIRCA 1900
With Hebrew inscription calling it the cup of the prophet Elijah, used in the Passover festival, the stem fashioned as a tree trunk with an axe-man climbing it; together with a 19th century Austrian silver lobed cup and cover loosely based on a 17th century design with Hebrew inscription indicating use as a kiddush cup and with later French import marks for 1864/93
First cup 15 in. (38 cm.) high
31 oz. (976 gm.)
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