Two Kiddush cups with matching saucers. Uzbekistan (Bukhara), Iran or vicinity, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver, repoussé and engraved (unmarked).
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.
Similar cups were also used for Kiddush by the Jews of Afghanistan. For comparison, see: the Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item 12806.
