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UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK: V.G SURMOUNTED BY A PROFILE OF A MAN (DONAVER-DABBENE NR. 3018; ROSENBERG, VOL. IV, NR. 7477) TURIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY.
Details
A fine Italian silver-gilt Kiddush cup on high stem
Unidentified maker's mark: V.G surmounted by a profile of a man (Donaver-Dabbene nr. 3018; Rosenberg, Vol. IV, nr. 7477) Turin, late 18th Century.
The circular domed base embossed, chased and engraved with foliate, cartouche, floral and C-scroll decoration, the ensuite decorated baluster stem with three compressed knobs additionally decorated and waisted with beaded, corded and fluted bands, the lower part of the plain tulip-shaped goblet fully covered with a rich application chased and moulded with three crowned Italian Jewish symbols: 1) The Tablets of the Law 2) Censer with suspending chains 3) The High Priest's mitre, alternate with grape and ears of wheat decoration, surmounted by a band of cartouches and an openworked rim of alternate C-scrolls and rocaille motifs.
23cm. (9in.) high
328gr.
Unidentified maker's mark: V.G surmounted by a profile of a man (Donaver-Dabbene nr. 3018; Rosenberg, Vol. IV, nr. 7477) Turin, late 18th Century.
The circular domed base embossed, chased and engraved with foliate, cartouche, floral and C-scroll decoration, the ensuite decorated baluster stem with three compressed knobs additionally decorated and waisted with beaded, corded and fluted bands, the lower part of the plain tulip-shaped goblet fully covered with a rich application chased and moulded with three crowned Italian Jewish symbols: 1) The Tablets of the Law 2) Censer with suspending chains 3) The High Priest's mitre, alternate with grape and ears of wheat decoration, surmounted by a band of cartouches and an openworked rim of alternate C-scrolls and rocaille motifs.
23cm. (9in.) high
328gr.
Literature
Large goblets for Kiddush were fashionable among Turinese Jewish families.
Vivian B. Mann, Garden and Ghettos, The Art of Jewish Life in Italy, 1989, p. 309, nr. 234.
A similar Kiddush cup from Turin, but without the Jewish symbols, illustrated on page 133.
Ebrei a Torino, exhibition catalogue, Turin 1984, p. 147
Vivian B. Mann, Garden and Ghettos, The Art of Jewish Life in Italy, 1989, p. 309, nr. 234.
A similar Kiddush cup from Turin, but without the Jewish symbols, illustrated on page 133.
Ebrei a Torino, exhibition catalogue, Turin 1984, p. 147