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Ceremonial Beaker of the Darmstadt Burial Society
Ceremonial Beaker of the Darmstadt Burial Society

Ceremonial Beaker of the Darmstadt Burial Society

Artist Martin Breuer German, 1672–1751
Date1711–1715
MediumSilver, partly gilded
DimensionsH. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Diam. (Rim): 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Diam. (Base): 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by Steven and Lisa Feierstein in memory and honor of our families, Ugo Goetzl in memory of Sylvia Goetzl, Marion Meyer-Robboy and Stanley Robboy, and other Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery
Object number2019.27
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Galicia [present day Eastern Poland or Western Ukraine], 1766/67 [1], with probable 18th century later additions. [Benson Malamut, Berlin] [2]; Omer Bar Yosef, Moscow and Tel Aviv, ca. 2015; [sale, Sotheby’s, New York, December 19, 2018, no. 126, illus. (color)]; sold to NCMA, 2018.

[1] Dedication.
[2] Per Elizabeth Grober, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv.Published References“Sotheby’s to offer Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection,” in ArtDaily.Com at http://artdaily.com/news/117651/Sotheby-s-to-offer-Judaica-from-the-Arthur-and-Gitel-Marx-Collection#.XkL6_EF7m70 accessed 12/3/2019

Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur & Gitel Marx Collection (auction catalogue) (New York: Sotheby’s, November 20, 2019), 138–139, illus. (color) 139.

larry [sic], “Rabbi’s Son Bought for Over $700K: Results from Sotheby’s Judaica Auction,” in Jewlicious (November 21, 2019), at https://jewlicious.com/2019/11/rabbis-son-bought-for-over-700k-results-from-sothebys-judaica-auction/ accessed 12/3/2019

Tsadik Kaplan, “Antique Judaica Roadshow” in The Jewish Press (November 28, 2019) at https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/sothebys-scores-big-with-judaica-rarities/2019/11/28 accessed 12/3/2019
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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