Yemenite Hand-Filigree Silver Kiddush Cup With Lapis

$1,019.00

Sterling silver Kiddush cup. Handmade, the round base and stem are decorated with filigree-work, with Hebrew lettering “Shabbat Shalom” up the side. The oblate goblet is decorated with twisted silver threads and a flower inlaid with semi-precious lapis.

All of Ben-Zion’s judaica is handmade from sterling silver. The artist prepares the silver threads himself, interweaving them to the left and to the right in order to achieve that special and unique braided effect. Ben-Zion explains: “My filigree judaica is made using a very old technique that is disappearing from our world. Creating a masterpiece requires attention to fine details, great imagination and of course, patience.”

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Materials: Sterling silver and lapis

Size: 2 1/2″ diam x 6 1/2″

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Meet the Artist: Ben-Zion David

The art of Yemenite silver and goldsmith has run in the family's veins for eight generations and Ben-Zion David (Benzi) has this skill in his genes. At the age of ten he began helping his father in his workshop preparing and interweaving the silver threads. “I am still using ancient methods to make jewelry, maybe more advanced than my grandfather’s, but not very modern,” says Ben-Zion. “Till this day, all the tools I work with have Yemenite names. Each small jewelry piece, each individual thread has a name.”

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