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Obj. ID: 2283
  Sacred and Ritual
  Kiddush cup, Kraków, 1920-31

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1990
The silver goblet consists of a base, a shaft and a body. The round concave base has sile border and it is decorated with rings. The shaft is undulating. The egg-shaped body is decorated with a shield pattern with linear frame. It is surrunded with floral patterns.
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Name/Title
Kiddush cup | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1920-1931
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Artist/ Maker
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Historical Origin
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Community type
Congregation
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Location
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Site
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School/Style
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Period
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Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Silver, Stampped, engraved
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
164 mm (overall) 80 (base)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
60 mm (body) 57 (base)
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
1. The hallmark depicts a female's head facing leftwards, flanked by the no. "3" the left, and the letter K (Krakow) on the right. It was the assay mark in Krakow between 1920-1931. It is stamped on the border of the base. Cf. Lileyko, p. 101, no. 94; T. p. 331, Gradowsky, 1988 pp. 82-83. ##2. The hallmark bears the initials "J W" - maybe the initials of the silversmith - unidentified. 3. The hallmark depicts a woman's head facing leftwards - Unidentified.
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Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

It was found in a destroyed house on Lwowska st. in Tarnow, around 1971.

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Type
Documenter
G.P.S. (L.B.) | 9.1990
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