Bohemian engraved and cut-glass Hevra Kadisha beaker, Bohemia, circa 1840

engraved on one side with members of the society praying over a deceased person, while the grieving widow and child leave the room, the other side with a Hebrew inscription between foliate sprays, with amber flash spoke base. 

Good condition.
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The scene is taken from a series of burial society paintings, Prague, circa 1780, Prayers at the Deathbed, see The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures From the Czechoslovak State Collections, p. 154, cat. 178, fig. 139.