Auction 56 · Lot 1
A FINE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SABBATH KIDDUSH GOBLET.
- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- $27,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
summary
Augsburg, 1747-49. Maker: Johann Carl Stiebeldey (active 1731-65).
Silver, gilt, finely chased. Octagonal bowl set on a hexagonal knopped stem on circular domed base decorated with alternating rocaille designs. Engraved along the edge of bowl with Hebrew inscription from Deut. 15:11: “Observe the Sabbath Day, to Keep it Holy, as the Lord thy God Commanded thee.” Gilt interior.
Marks: H with pine cone and ICS (Rosenberg 252 and 908) on base and bowl.
Height: 5 1/2 inches (14.3 cm). Diameter of base: 2 3/8 inches (6.4 cm). Repairs to base.
Arthur Grimwade, Catalogue of the JHSE Collection, no. 62 (1).
For a similar Kiddush goblet by Stiebeldey, see Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art (Jerusalem, 1987) p. 94 no. 59 and Naftali Rosenan, L’Anee Juive, no. 16a.