* c.1888 Antique German JUDAICA Cut Crystal & Fine Silver POSEN Tazza Compote
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* c.1888 Antique German JUDAICA Cut Crystal & Fine Silver POSEN Tazza Compote:
$888.88
c.1888 Antique German JUDAICA Cut Crystal & Fine Silver POSEN Tazza Compote
- Up for sale is a marvelous and outstanding Tazza compote plate.
- Thick, finely hand cut crystal top, raised on a baluster form central column and four-footed heavy Sterling Silver base.
- Central medallion on pedestal (uninscribed).
- Lion-head feet.
- Marked \"N\" on one of the feet.
- Also marked above the feet with German Hall Marks - POSEN and 800, as well as the unified Crescent & Crown Mark (introduced in 1888) and the city mark.
- Posen is the name of the manufacturer - Lazarus Posen Witwe (Lazarus Posen’s widow).
- The firm was started by the wife of the late Lazarus Posen (prominent Polish immigrant silversmith), Mrs. Brendina Wetzlar in 1869 in Frankfurt am Main.
- In 1880, she was joined by her son, Jacob Posen, and the company gradually became one of the largest manufacturers of Judaica in Germany during the late 1800\'s/early 1900\'s.
- The company was looted and destroyed in the 1938 Night of Broken Glass Nazi pogrom.
- Frankfurt on Main, Germany.
- Circa 1888-early 1900\'sPLEASE SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS!
- Measurements: Approx.12.5\" high, 12\" top diameter.
- Weighs about 5 lbs or 2.25 kg altogether
- Condition: Please see photos below. All original. No issues!
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