Collection of Silver and Porcelain Utensils from the Dynasty of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Boyan-Leipzig and the ...

Collection of Silver and Porcelain Utensils from the Dynasty of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Boyan-Leipzig and the Sadigura Dynasty
Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Boyan-Leipzig and the Sadigura Dynasty
Collection of porcelain utensils and cutlery from the dynasty of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Boyan-Leipzig and the Sadigura dynasty.
* Porcelain utensils: two teapots (large and small), teacup, pitcher (without lid), three saucers for cups and eight medium-sized plates. All made of silver plated porcelain, made by Dekor Bavaria (Germany). * Large soup spoon and large fork. Gilded silver (stamped), ornamented with Niello technique, and large knife with silver handle (stamped), also Niello ornamented. * Four teaspoons (stamped) and two small forks with embossed floral ornamentation (the teaspoons and forks have a monogram - the family's initial, the letter F). * Utensils for preparing tea, tongs, strainer, tablespoon, tiny teaspoon and fork, gilded stamped silver, engraved with floral patterns.
All the utensils were used in the home of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Boyan-Leipzig, some (those in the second section) are older and were formerly used by his father Rebbe Yitzchak of Boyan-Sadigura later of the Sadigura-Ruzhin dynasty.
Rebbe Yisrael Friedman (1878-1951, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, Volume 2, page 564), of the Ruzhin dynasty. Son of Rebbe Yitzchak Friedman of Boyan, son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Shlomo ben Rebbe Avraham Ya'akov of Sadigura. During World War I, he lived with rebbes in Vienna where he conducted himself as a rebbe. Later, he moved to Leipzig where he became known as the Rebbe of Boyan. A short while before World War II broke out, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. The Ruzhin rebbes were known for their aristocratic conduct and the royal manners they acquired as befitting the descendants of King David. These utensils are a fancy remnant of the royal manners of the House of Ruzhin.
Various sizes. Enclosed is a photocopy of a letter by Rabbi Shmuel [ben Yeshaya] Shapira who married Rebbetzin Gittel, son of the Rebbe of Boyan-Leipzig, who certifies these details