MATERIAL: Silver
TYPE: Kiddush Cup
COMPONENTS: Silver, repoussé and engraved (unmarked).
NOTES: Similar cups were also used for Kiddush by the Jews of Afghanistan. For comparison, see: the Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item 12806.
LANGUAGE
Hebrew
ITEM ID: 5819
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Two Kiddush Cups with Hebrew Inscriptions and Matching Saucers

DATE
Notes: late 19th or early 20th century

Two Kiddush cups with matching saucers.

1. Kiddush cup shaped as a bowl, resting on a short stem and circular base, and a matching saucer on a similarly short stem with a fancy base, decorated with matching vegetal motifs. Additional bird motifs appear on the cup. Inscribed for “Yissachar son of Rahamim” (for full see inscription see Hebrew description).

Total height (cup and saucer): 8.5 cm, saucer diameter: 12.5 cm. Good condition. Minor breaks, dents, and a few missing silver pieces.

2. Small bowl-shaped cup on a raised circular base, and a matching saucer with a raised rim. Decorated with vegetal and geometric motifs; bearing dedication inscriptions (inscribed and repoussé; see Hebrew description).

Total height (cup and saucer): 5.5 cm, saucer diameter: 13.5 cm. Good condition. Minor breaks and dents.