The Serque Collection
A CONTINENTAL PEWTER PASSOVER PLATE, PROBABLY GERMAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A CONTINENTAL PEWTER PASSOVER PLATE, PROBABLY GERMAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
center engraved in wrigglework with Adam and Eve, surrounded by a band of geometric design and foliage, the rim with the order of the Seder, inscribed in Yiddish, and with date 1687, engraved on the reverse with Hebrew initials
diameter 13½ in.
34.3 cm
Furman Collection, JAF no. 39, Treasures of Jewish Art, pp. 140-141
The inscription reads: “This tray belongs to the noble leader Mr. Jacob ben Moses, of blessed memory, of Gamlaustamm(?), and his wife Mrs. Edel bat Mr. Baruch Shalit of Niederhofen.”