Auction 46 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Jul 7, 2015 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 48:

Silver Spoons owned by the Wife of Rebbe Aharon Mencahem Mendel Guterman of Radzymin

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Five soup spoons made of silver. [Russia, early 20th century]. Manufacturer: J. Ehrlich.
On the tip of the spoons' handles, appears an ornamentation in the shape of a shield with a flowers basket; on the shield appears and engraved inscription "Haraban[i]t techi' miRadzymin 5672” (1912).
Rebbe Aharon Menachem Mendel Guterman (1860-1934, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut A, pp. 193-195), only son of Rebbe Shlomo David Yehoshua of Radzymin, a leading Rebbe in Poland. Disciple of Rebbe Avraham Borenstein of Sochachzew and Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneerson of Kapust. Rebbe Schneerson started to serve as Rebbe after his father passed away. Headed the Kupat Meir Ba'al HaNess Kolel Polin; visited Eretz Israel in 1929 and donated money to construct a partition at the Western Wall. In 1912 founded a Yeshiva in Radzymin where he occasionally held lessons.
His first marriage was with the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Ya’akov Rabinovitz of Biale, and she was the owner of these spoons.
Length: 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Some bendings. Some engravings are blurred.
Literature: the Romance of Judaica, an exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia, p. 25, item 35.

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