Dish for celebrating Seder


Central Europe 18th century Tin, engraved diameter 20.8 cm A Jewish ritual dish for specific meals with an engraved scene of the ritual itself, which takes place inside a house, in presence of the family. At the rim of the dish Hebraic inscriptions connected to the ritual of Seder - ceremonial dinner. Three hallmarks with the figure of Archangel Michael and a master's sign CW can be seen. Above the figure: FRIR. The dish came from the neighbourhood of Ogulin, and was bought in 1973 from Mladen Filipovic in Zagreb. F. Moacanin, Judaica, Zagreb, 1984, catalogue number 112. 'Seder' (order) is the term for a domestic family ritual performed on the first two evenings of Passover according to set rules.




HPM/PMH-021174