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- Description
- Repousse chased, urn-shaped footed cup with everted rim and hollow, S-curve, broken C-scroll handle on domed pedestal base. Body and base are divided into four sections, each containing a pair of flowers inside ruffled C-scroll reserves. No marks.
- Cup and saucer, DL*392737A-B, were part of the ceremonial silver used at the Feast of the Passover by the family of the donor, who was born in Lithuania in 1889 and arrived in the United States in 1908. Her father's parents gave the pieces to her mother as a wedding gift.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cup
- date made
- 1830 - 1850
- place made
- Germany: Berlin, Berlin
- place used
- Lithuania
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 5 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm x 10.4775 cm
- ID Number
- DL.392737A
- catalog number
- 392737A
- accession number
- 203767
- Credit Line
- Gift of Pearl Gertrude Rothenberg
- subject
- Judaism
- Passover
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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