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    Title

  • Kiddush cup for Paul Meyer

  • Physical Description

    1 cup : silver ; 3.5" x 2.75" ; 9 cm x 7 cm

  • Date

    1905

  • Notes

    number 750 stamped at bottom of the cup

  • Summary

    Kiddush cup for Paul Meyer. The cup has his name and the date of February 28, 1905 (28.2.1905) incised on its side, inside of a decorative panel .

  • Subject

    Fasts and feasts, Judaism; Sabbath; Fast and feasts, Judaism

  • Medium

    Kiddush cups; Ceremonial objects; Objects

  • Part Of

    Johanna Meyer-Lövinson Collection, AR 299

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Paul Meyer was born in Berlin in 1904. He emigrated to the USA in 1927. Meyer died in Tacoma (Washington) in 1985.

Kiddush cups hold wine, which are blessed during Shabbat and holidays.

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Citation

Kiddush cup for Paul Meyer, Leo Baeck Institute, 2018.49.