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Lot 87 Dα

A Berlin silver cruet set for the Shabbat table

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.400 € - 1.800 €
Result: 2.520 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin silver cruet set for the Shabbat table

Lobed cruet stand resting on eight fluted supports, suspended with six round medallions bearing scenes from the Old Testament and two oval medallions inscribed "Lekawod shabbat ve yom tov" (in honour of the Shabbat) and "For the Holy Days". Two glass flasks with cylindrical silver lids. The neck of one bottle shortened. H 26.5 cm, weight of silver 434 g.
Marks of Esajas Carl Hoffmann, c. 1781 - 1788.

Provenance

Dutch private collection.

Literature

Cf. a sugar bowl by this maker illus. in Scheffler, Berliner Goldschmiede, Berlin 1968, illus. 80. An oil bottle holder by Hoffmann in a private collection in Erfurt is also mentioned ibid. p. 244.