IMPORTANT JUDAICA ANTIQUE AND MODERN

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A STERLING SILVER KIDDUSH GOBLET BY BERNIE BERNSTEIN

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Start price: $1,750

Estimated price: $2,500 - $3,500

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New York, c. 1960. Modernist form. On a round base, with a stem, whose cut out indicates Honor and Remember (the Sabbath). Signed. 5.6� tall. Bernstein studied under celebrated silversmith Ludwig Wolpert at the Jewish Museum in New York.After completing his MFA, Bernstein returned to CCNY to teach design, woodworking, and metalsmithing until his retirement in 1986. After retiring, he continued to teach Judaica silversmithing at the 92nd Street Y in New York. His work has been featured in a number of exhibitions and publications focused on Judaica and is represented within synagogue and museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bernard Bernstein was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2009.