A FINE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP FOR THE FESTIVALS (Yom Tov)
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A FINE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP FOR THE FESTIVALS (Yom Tov)

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH EHE, NUREMBERG, 1783-1787

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A FINE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP FOR THE FESTIVALS (Yom Tov)
Maker's mark of Johann Friedrich Ehe, Nuremberg, 1783-1787
Set on a circular domed base, chased with rocaille ornament, octagonal knobbed stem, the partly fluted octagonal tulip-shaped bowl decorated with flowerheads, the lip finely engraved with contemporary Hebrew inscription relating to the Kiddush on Yom Tov's morning
12.9cm. high
fully marked on cup and foot rim
110gr.
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Lot Essay

For almost identical Kiddush Cups by the same maker see:
Christie's Amsterdam, Fine Judaica, 21 June 1989, lot 253
Israel Museum, Jerusalem (133/54)
Jüdische Lebenswelten Katalog nr. 3/17 p.65

Johann Friedrich Ehe, active 1773-1808 (Rosenberg 4304) made several other pieces of Judaica e.g., Torah Shields (Grafman 23; 24; Harburger 637; Koln 39), Torah Pointer (Grafman 540) and Spice Container (Jewish Museum, New York: accession number F861)

For comparative literature:
Grafman, Rafi, Crowning Glory, Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York, 1996
Harburger, Theodor, Die inventarisation Jüdischer Kunst-und Kulturdenkmäler in Bayern, Furth, 1998
Katalog, Jüdische Lebenswelten, Berlin, 1991
Franzheim, Liesel, Judaica Kolnisches Stadtmuseum, Koln, 1980


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