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Small Kiddush Cup – Eastern Europe, Inscription dated 1876

Opening: $300
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Kiddush Cup. [Eastern Europe (Galicia or Russian Empire)], inscription dated 5636 [1876].
Silver, repoussé and engraved (marked with quality mark, "12").
Small, roughly cylindrical Kiddush cup with broad rim. Adorned with symmetrical vegetal patterns, with two cartouches engraved with the (mostly Hebrew) inscriptions: "Year / 5636" and "1876".

Height: 6 cm. Diameter at base: 3.3 cm. Diameter at rim: 5.5 cm. Good condition.
Sabbath – Kiddush and Havdalah
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