The Serque Collection
A GERMAN SILVER KIDDUSH CUP, JOSEF TOBIAS HERZEBIK, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1760
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A GERMAN SILVER KIDDUSH CUP, JOSEF TOBIAS HERZEBIK, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1760
the octagonal bowl engraved with Hebrew inscription above a chased band of alternating rococo cartouches and flower sprays, octagonal baluster stem and domed base chased with shell-fluting, traces of gilding
struck with maker’s mark and city mark on bowl and foot rim
height 5 in.
13 cm
Greenstein & Co.
The inscription around the rim reads: “Remember and observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy” (see Ex. 20:8 and Deut. 5:12).
Josef Tobias Herzebik became master in 1756, married in 1756 and died in 1788, maker of religious silver. A Kiddush Cup by him 1761-63 was sold Sotheby’s Zurich, November 1979, lot 153. See Helmut Seling, Die Augsburger Gold-und Silberschmiede, 1529-1868, no. 2437, p. 629.