MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH EHE, NUREMBERG, 1787-1790

细节

A FINE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP FOR THE PASSOVER (Pesach)
Maker's mark of Johann Friedrich Ehe, Nuremberg, 1787-1790
Set on a circular domed base chased with rocaille ornament, octagonal knobbed stem, the partly fluted octagonal tulip-shaped bowl decorated with flowerheads, gilt interior, the lip finely engraved with contemporary, partly abbreviated, Hebrew inscription relating to the Passover: "Seven days thou shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord" (Ex. 13:6)
13.6cm. high
fully marked on cup and foot rim
108gr.

注意事项

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品专文

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

See illustration