A GERMAN SILVER KIDDUSH CUP, CASPAR BIRCKENHOLTZ, FRANKFURT, CIRCA 1660-70
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
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A GERMAN SILVER KIDDUSH CUP, CASPAR BIRCKENHOLTZ, FRANKFURT, CIRCA 1660-70
tapered cylindrical, chased with full blown flowers, dotted borders, Hebrew engraving on rim
marked on base with maker's and city mark
height 3½ in.
8.9 cm
Furman Collection, JAF no. 40, Treasures of Jewish Art, pp.108-9
Replica Shoes 's, New York, December 12, 2000, lot 56
The inscription in Ashkenazi script translated reads: "In the year 5526 (1666" and "You anoint my head with oil, my drink is abundant" [Pslams 23:5].
Caspar Birckenholtz, born 1633, master in 1661, maker of beakers. See Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Hessens, 1976, p. 201.