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A SILVER SHEMIROT CUP, set on a shaped triangular base engraved with a wrigglework border, the stem consisting of three scrolled leaves with a reeded knob at midpoint and a globular knob above, the tulip-shaped bowl engraved with three laurel-wreaths, each forming a cartouche, one decorated with a Livyatan encircling a Shor ha-Bar, titled in Hebrew, another inscribed in Hebrew with a Biblical quotation relating to Tsaddikim and Chassidim and the third inscribed Ze ha-gavi'a min matbe'ot Tsaddikim mi-shmarot, a wrigglework border along the lip, the interior gilt, Poland, early 19th Century
13.6 cm high(150gr)
The shemira was a silver coin blessed by righteous men (Tsaddikim) and presented to their disciples as a safeguard against evil and to insure health and prosperity. Shemirot cups were made from melted-down shemirot.
For other examples, see From the Secular to the Sacred, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1985, p.64-67.
See illustration
13.6 cm high(150gr)
The shemira was a silver coin blessed by righteous men (Tsaddikim) and presented to their disciples as a safeguard against evil and to insure health and prosperity. Shemirot cups were made from melted-down shemirot.
For other examples, see From the Secular to the Sacred, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1985, p.64-67.
See illustration