Lot 503
Passover Seder Plate - Colel Shomre Hachomoth - Jerusalem
Passover Seder plate. [Jerusalem, 1920s].
Printed silk; cotton; metal.
Four round plates connected by stems with legs. On the upper plate - a printed silk fabric (Solomon printing press, Jerusalem) with verses and decorations about Passover and the Holy Places. A piece of fabric surrounds the plate and covers the upper fabric and the plate, ending with a decorative ribbon made of golden metal-threads. This special plate was presented as a gift for donors to Colel Shomre Hachomoth in Jerusalem.
Height: 17 cm, max. diameter: 39 cm. Good-fair condition. Some corrosion and bends to metal. Tears and stains to fabric.
Exhibition: Jodendom, een boek vol verhalen, by Edward van Voolen. Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 2011, item 52.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
