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Lidded Kiddush Cup

Artist Pacifico Levi

Date1811–1824

MediumSilver

DimensionsH. 17 11/16 in. (45 cm) x Diam. (of foot): 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
H. (goblet): 12 5/16 in. (31.2 cm)
H. (cover): 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

ClassificationsMetal

Credit LineGift of Dr. Ugo Goetzl and family in memory of Judith Chuckrow Goetzl and Manlio and Giuliana Goetzl

Object number2015.33

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Label TextKiddush is the Hebrew blessing recited over a cup of wine on the Jewish Sabbath and other holy days. Ornate lidded cups were a fashion among affluent Jewish families in the kingdom of Piedmont in northwestern Italy.

The artist’s mark on the outer rim of the foot depicts a hand pouring a pitcher with another hand supporting a basin, symbolic of the Levites, descendants of the ancient Hebrew tribe responsible for washing the hands of the Temple priests.
["The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2022]ProvenanceCreated Turin, Italy, 1811–1824. [Art market, Piedmont, Italy]; Alberto Di Castro, Antichitá Alberto Di Castro, Rome, ca. 2005; sold to NCMA, 2015.Published ReferencesAlberto Di Castro, Olga Melasecchi, Amadeo Spagnoletto, Jewish Book Bindings (Rome, Araldo de Luca Editore, 2013), illus. 21 (as in private collection [Alberto Di Castro]).
Exhibition HistoryMaastricht, The Netherlands, TEFAF, March 13–22, 2015 (exhibited by Antichitá Alberto Di Castro, Rome).

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