- Object Name:
- Presentation Cup
- Place Made:
- Vienna (Austria)
- Date:
- 1838 (date of inscription)
- Medium:
- Silver: engraved, punched, cast, appliqué and parcel-gilt
- Dimensions:
- 15 × 6 in. (38.1 × 15.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Maria von Hofmannsthal
- Accession Number:
- 1987-144a-b
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This cup was presented to Isaac Loew Hofmann by the Jewish community of Vienna on the occasion of his golden wedding anniversary. Hofmann was a leader of the community and an important financier who developed the silk and potash industries in Austria.
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