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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 165178, member: 36&quot;]The cup is a Kiddush or Elijah&#039;s cup as noted - used at Passover to hold wine in case the prophet happens to finally show up.&nbsp; He stands the families up every year. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> The stones are a semiprecious chrysocolla variant called Eilat.&nbsp; It gets called the Stone of Israel and maybe Solomon&#039;s Stone too, since it came out of deposits in his copper mines.&nbsp; It&#039;s not worth a ton... now, but the mine is played out. That is a NICE cup.&nbsp; If you sell it, don&#039;t scrap it; odds are quite good you&#039;ll be shipping it back to Israel for a fat profit.&nbsp; Israelis love buying back their old stuff.&nbsp; Or older anyway; nothing marked Israel is a technical antique.&nbsp; Sterling menorahs ... list in October and watch the fur fly![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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